SINGLE MARKET
Dublin threatens Brexit talks over border issue
London — Ireland’s EU commissioner Phil Hogan says Dublin will "continue to play tough" over its threat to veto talks about trade after Brexit unless Britain provided guarantees over the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic. Hogan told the Observer newspaper on Sunday that Britain, or Northern Ireland at least, should remain in the single market and the customs union to avoid a hard border dividing the island. "If the UK or Northern Ireland remained in the EU customs union, or better still the single market, there would be no border issue." British Prime Minister Theresa May has said Britain will leave the single market and the customs unions after Brexit. Dublin wants a written guarantee that there will be no hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The EU has said "sufficient progress" needs to be made on the Irish border, along with two other key issues, before EU leaders can approve the opening of trade talks in the new year at a summit on De...
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