Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May delivers her keynote speech on the last day of the Conservative Party Annual Conference in Manchester, Britain on Oct. 4, 2017. (Xinhua file photoHan Yan)
LONDON under armour curry 2 france , Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The border between the Republic of Ireland and Britain's Northern Ireland became a major flashpoint Sunday with British Prime Minister Theresa May urged to change her Brexit plans to prevent a mounting crisis.
Phil Hogan, Ireland's European Union (EU) commissioner warned the border issue could derail May's hopes of agreeing a trade deal with the EU after Britain leaves the bloc.
The Observer newspaper in London said May had effectively been handed just days to give stronger guarantees over the border issue.
The newspaper said the threat of a hard Irish border has emerged as a major obstacle to May's aim of securing the green light for Brexit trade talks at a crucial summit only weeks away.
Hogan, who is the EU's agriculture commissioner curry 1 pas cher , told the Observer that Britain remaining inside the EU's single market and customs union, or allowing Northern Ireland to do so, would end the standoff.
However under armour curry 1 france , May and her Brexit ministers have insisted that Britain, including Northern Ireland, will leave the single market and customs union in March under armour speedform gemini pas cher , 2019 when it ceases to be an EU member state.
Hogan warned in his interview that there was blind faith from some British ministers that Britain would secure a comprehensive Brexit free trade deal. He warned that Ireland would continue to play tough to the end over its threat to veto trade talks until it had guarantees over the border.
The Irish government has insisted on a written guarantee that there will be no hard border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.
Britain's International Trade Secretary Liam Fox told Sky News Sunday that a final decision on the border issue can not be made until a UK-EU trade deal has been agreed.