Jean-Claude Juncker, Ireland's foreign minister and deputy prime minister, has said the Brexit deal was "90% agreed in terms of text", but called on the UK government to present "the new text that it's promised … to solve this Irish border issue". Coveney said both sides needed to "lock themselves in a room for the next 10 days" to reach an agreement. His comments came after European Commission President Simon Coveney told an Austrian newspaper that the "rapprochement potential" had risen recently, and if a deal wasn't reached this month "we'll do it in November".
Simon Coveney, Ireland's foreign minister and deputy prime minister, has said the Brexit deal was "90% agreed in terms of text", but called on the UK government to present "the new text that it's promised … to solve this Irish border issue". Coveney said both sides needed to "lock themselves in a room for the next 10 days" to reach an agreement. His comments came after European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told an Austrian newspaper that the "rapprochement potential" had risen recently, and if a deal wasn't reached this month "we'll do it in November".