Ireland’s EU commissioner believes UK may never return to bloc – yet has no replacement device for improving its citizens’ livesThe EU has accepted that Britain will not be changing its intellect on Brexit and may never return to the bloc after next year’s divorce,a leading European commissioner has said, as he warned that the countrys position in the world would be diminished rather than enhanced after its departure. Phil Hogan, and Ireland’s EU commissioner in Brussels,will say on Monday that EU leaders attain not expect any substantive change in the UK’s position before article 50 of the Lisbon treaty is invoked in March 2019, even if there is a vote on the Brexit deal in parliament before that deadline. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk