Brexit: Angela Merkel compares Irish border question to Iron Curtain
Brexit: Angela Merkel compares Irish border question to Iron Curtain German chancellor warns against return of border and recalls death toll during Troubles Jon Stone Europe Correspondent @joncstone 1 hour ago Click to follow Indy Politics Angela Merkel speaks during a press conference with Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar in Dublin ( AFP/Getty ) Angela Merkel has likened the Irish border question to the fall of the Iron Curtain and said Theresa May must bring worked-out proposals to a meeting of EU leaders next week. Speaking on a visit to Dublin, the German chancellor recalled the “heavy death toll” it took to bring about a borderless island of Ireland and spoke of her determination to avoid divisions re-emerging after Brexit . “I personally come, after all, from a country that for many years was divided by a wall,” the chancellor said. “For 34 years I lived...