Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) welcomes his Irish counterpart Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the Royal Highland Regiment Armoury in Montreal, Quebec, Canada August 20, 2017. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
CLONMEL, Ireland (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Friday said he was not optimistic that Britain and the European Union will have made enough progress by an October leaders' summit to launch negotiations on the post-Brexit relationship.
The EU has said that talks on the future relationship can only start after the other 27 EU governments are satisfied that “sufficient progress” has been made on the terms of Britain’s departure.
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