Coveney believes UK's latest approach to Brexit is negotiating tactic

Simon Coveney. Picture: Julien Behal Photography/PA Wire

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said he still believes the UK's latest approach to Brexit is a negotiating tactic and that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson still wants a deal, but “has a strange way of going about it.” 

Speaking on Newstalk’s Pat Kenny show, he said that the British government was trying to create a lot of tension as negotiations with the EU reached a critical point.