A number of international media outlets are reporting on the pro EU, Irish Foreign minister, Simon Coveney’s (FG) accusation that the UK are guilty of “perverse nationalism” regarding the UK’s strategy of seeking to reach a trade deal with the United States before seeking a deal with the European Union.
According to Voice of America, Coveney said “This idea that Britain can get there first is narrow-minded thinking, frankly. It’s a perverse nationalism when actually Britain and the EU should work together as partners.”
Coveney also questioned the UK’s trustworthiness following the UK’s plans to delay checks required by the EU/UK Brexit deal on certain food products travelling to Northern Ireland from Scotland, Wales and England.
“It has reinforced an awful lot of the doubts in Brussels about whether or not this really is a British government we can rely on to be a trusted partner when it comes to implementing what has already been agreed,” he said.
Many are questioning how much further will relationships deteriorate between Ireland and it’s closest neighbour and question if the current common travel area between Ireland and the UK can last, post Brexit.
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