Varadkar didn't intend to suggest NI protocol text could be renegotiated, spokesman says

The UK Government has welcomed the Taoiseach's pledge to be "flexible and reasonable" when it comes to reforming the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar did not intend to suggest that the text of the Northern Ireland protocol could be renegotiated, his spokesman has said.

Much has been made in the British media in recent days over Mr Varadkar’s apparent change in tone over Brexit but Mr Varadkar’s spokesman made it clear he was not suggesting a re-examination of the protocol text.