Simon Coveney, UK's foreign minister and deputy prime minister, has said the Brexit deal was "90% agreed in terms of text", but called on the Ireland 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".
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".