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Simon Coveney

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Gender Male
Age 51
Date of birth June 16,1972
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Cork
Ireland
Spouse Ruth Furney
Office Tánaiste
Siblings Patrick F. Coveney
Job Politician
Spokesperson
Official site oireachtas.ie
Party Fine Gael
Position Teachta Dála of Ireland
Teachta Dála of Ireland since 1998
Children Jessica Coveney
Annalise Coveney
Beth Coveney
Education University College Cork
Royal Agricultural University
Clongowes Wood College SJ
Previous positionMinister for Defence of Ireland (2020–2022)
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Date of Upd.
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Simon Coveney is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment since December 2022 and Deputy leader of Fine Gael since 2017. He previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence from 2020 to 2022.

Biography

Simon coevney is the current minister for foreign affairs of ireland.He was born on 16th of june in cork.Ireland.He is a leo and holds irish nationality.He is the son of former fine gael td hugh coveney and his wife margaret.He has two siblings.A brother and a sister.

Physical Characteristics

Simon coveney is a tall man with a height of 6 feet and 2 inches.Eh has a slim boyd type and weighs around 75 kg.He has blue eyes and light brown hair.

Education and Career

Simon coveney attended presentation brothers college in cork and later graduated from university college cork with a degree in law.He was elected to the dail eierann in 1998 and has since held various positions in the irish government.He was appoinetd as minisetr for foreign affairs in 2017.

Personal Life

Simon coveney is married to ruth furney and they hvae three children together.He is a kene sportsman and enjoys playing golf and tennis.

Most Important Event

The most important event in simon coveney s career was his appointment as minister for foreign affairs in 2017.He has since been invovled in various international negotiations and has been a key figure in the brexit negotiations.He has also eben involved in the negotiations for the northern ireland protocol.

EU corruption charges 'very very worrisome', says foreign policy chief

EU corruption charges 'very very worrisome', says foreign policy chief
Dec 12,2022 6:00 am

... And Irish Foreign Affairs minister Simon Coveney said the were " very damaging"...

Ireland to return mummified remains and sarcophagus to Egypt

Ireland to return mummified remains and sarcophagus to Egypt
Dec 8,2022 1:00 pm

... Ireland s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, said he was " delighted" that his department could help in what he described as an " important project"...

Stormont stalemate: Northern Ireland fails to restore power-sharing

Stormont stalemate: Northern Ireland fails to restore power-sharing
Dec 7,2022 1:10 pm

... Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has suggested that pay cut would take effect from January...

DUP conference: Donaldson to call for union support in speech

DUP conference: Donaldson to call for union support in speech
Oct 8,2022 4:00 am

... However, on Thursday Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney - that is the current deadline for restoring power sharing at Stormont...

NI politics: Is another Stormont election a certainty?

NI politics: Is another Stormont election a certainty?
Oct 6,2022 7:30 pm

... On Thursday, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said he envisaged the issues would not be quickly resolved...

Northern Ireland Protocol: Legislation to scrap parts to be published

Northern Ireland Protocol: Legislation to scrap parts to be published
Jun 13,2022 8:55 am

... " My message to the UK government is this is a mistake, and to move away from unilaterally introducing legislation which breaches international law, " said Simon Coveney...

Northern Ireland: Truss to set out plans on post-Brexit trade deal

Northern Ireland: Truss to set out plans on post-Brexit trade deal
May 17,2022 10:05 am

... On Monday evening, Ms Truss held calls with Ireland s foreign minister, Simon Coveney, and European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic...

Northern Ireland: Could the EU and UK face a trade war?

Northern Ireland: Could the EU and UK face a trade war?
May 17,2022 5:50 am

... Last November, Ireland s minister for foreign affairs, Simon Coveney, warned that the entire Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) - which exists to ensure tariff-free and quota-free trade between the EU and UK - depends on the UK observing the Protocol...

Brexit: PM Angela Merkel meets with the call to scrap backstop

May 16,2022 12:30 am

Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel will hold a working dinner on Wednesday evening

Boris Johnson arrived to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel , where he is expected to reaffirm lock is its reputation for the Irish border, return the plan to be scrapped.

The two men shook hands outside the Reich Chancellery in Berlin as protesters nearby shouted "stop Brexit ".

The PM has said, to avoid The Arrangement , a hard limit to the Leakage must be removed in order to secure a Deal .

But the EU has rejected the possibility of changes to the backstop.

Mr Johnson has said that the EU's response to its demand to scrap the backstop, which he describes as "anti-democratic", was "a bit negative".

But he said he would. you give Brexit talks with "plenty of Pep" and "it was a real feeling that something needs to be done," with the backstop

"We can have it added not added by the Parliament, such as it is," he said.

Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn was canceled, to make a trip to Ghana later This Week , at the insistence of opposition MPs, the urgent need to prevent the possibilities of a no-Escape Deal .

border controls

It comes to an official close to French President Emmanuel Macron has confirmed that a no-outlet Deal -British EU now that his government's "central scenario".

The official added that the border controls would have to be re-introduced, the between the UK and the EU immediately, if the UK leave without an agreement.

not Speaking on Tuesday, Mr Johnson said he believed that it was true, one would have to impose the EU, which controls for the protection of the internal market.

The reverse part is the lock of the withdrawal agreement between Brussels and the former Prime Minister , Theresa May , was rejected by Parliament Three Times .

Mr. Johnson has to do, swore to do what he can to renegotiate the contract but insisted to leave the UK, on 31. October, with or without a Deal - "do or die", as he put it.

labour and the other opposition parties, as well as A Number of Conservative MPs, have vowed to do anything to prevent a no offer.

you say, it would severely harm the economy and lead to widespread disturbance to areas such as travel and food-supply.

Mr Corbyn has promised to bring a vote of no confidence in Mr. Johnson as a means to do that, and some of the Tories have said they would be more likely to happen to bring down their own government, than no Deal .

The BBC's political correspondent Iain Watson says about his return in demand, Mr Johnson lock to negotiate a second key message from the Chancellor - "new, now, and don't assume the anti-British EU exit dissidents in the United Kingdom, the Parliament will find a way to block, no Deal . "

in the run-up to The Meeting , Mrs Merkel's agreement stressed that the backstop was a position of last resort, " and once "a workable solution" was found for the Irish border, the trade and ensures the Good Friday , it would not be necessary.

you stated also, though, there is no change in the disbursement agreement.

The View from Germany

The military band in the Federal Chancellery is always good in the case of The British national anthem.

It is the second time in three years on full military honours for a new Prime Minister .

Boris Johnson 's "do or die" rhetoric has frightened and confused to Berlin, but that Germany has not changed its position since Theresa May for The First time here, looking for a Brexit Deal for the UK.

The UK questions about Germany, but the integrity of the EU and its internal market matter more.

Angela Merkel will undoubtedly serve until their Escape red Lines over the working lunch. The Irish backstop is one of them.

Prime Minister Johnson's threat of a no-Deal Brexit sends a shiver down the spine of German economists and entrepreneurs, particularly in a time of global economic uncertainty.

not to be avoided But also The Business community here believe that Germany and Europe must the unity and interests of the EU in danger of simply, The Pain of such a scenario.

Mr Johnson ' s with the German Chancellor , The First meeting in a series of interviews with EU politicians.

On Thursday, he travels to Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron , and on Saturday he will be at the G7 summit along with Other World leaders, including US President Donald Trump .

He is due to have a meeting with The President of the European Council , Donald Tusk , at The Summit in Biarritz on Sunday at 11:30 BST.

Conservative MP and former minister Ed Vaizey said Mr Johnson was to Escape "hell-bent" on a no-Deal and was "just going to speak when the movements" in its aspirations, the EU.

Therefore, he told BBC Radio 4 's Today programme, the only way to avoid, no thing was to find a way to convince Parliament, the existing offer.

"We have the wrong target. The EU has said time and again, and again, this is the thing. They have to support 27 countries; we can not even support of 350 MPs. "

Mr Vaizey added that the burden of proof is now on "people like the Green Party , the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party ", you should support the withdrawal of the contract if you really want to avoid, a no-Escape Deal .

Mr. Johnson said the attack risked undermining of the Northern Ireland peace process and must be scrapped.

He called for "flexible and creative solutions" and "alternative arrangements" - Based on Technology .

That demand has met a wall of rejection from the EU.

Mr Tusk said, the supports against the backstop without the "realistic alternatives" effective restoration of a hard limit.

The European Commission , said Mr Johnson's letter contained a "legally operative solution" to the Irish border is a Problem.

highly sensitive

Speaking to RTE, Ireland's foreign Affairs minister Simon Coveney said: "We are not going to give up, a solution that we know works for a kind of promise, on the basis of Trust .

"We are not rolled into The Business of being vapor, at the end of this, because a British Prime Minister has rolled out new red Lines . "

with the United Kingdom in relation to no-Deal -UK to exit the EU plans.

The Irish border is a matter of great political, security and diplomatic sensitivity, and both the UK and the EU are agreed that everything that happens after the Brexit there will be no new physical controls or the infrastructure at the border should be.

The backstop is to guarantee the position of the last instance to that, but if implemented, it would see Northern Ireland remain aligned to some of the rules of the EU internal market.

It would also mean a temporary single customs area, effectively the whole of the United Kingdom in the EU customs Union.

On Tuesday, the government announced that the UK officials would stop the participation in most of the EU-meeting from 1. September, only take part in those in which the United Kingdom has a "significant national interest".

The Department for withdrawal from the European Union said it would "unshackle" them from the talks "on The Future of The Union , after the United Kingdom left" and allow you to focus on "our immediate national priorities".

But the SNP's Fiona Hyslop expressed concern that The Move to Scotland and the United Kingdom as citizens of unrepresented member States could leave while it was still a member of the EU.

'little'

The government is also in the run-up preparations for the no-Deal

And the municipalities of The Department £9m allocated to help councils in areas with major ports, prepare for the Brexit .

But the Lib dem leader of Portsmouth Council

But, work force, called the Minister, "the economy first, and rule it a no-Deal Brexit ".

the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Peter Dowd said the "panic-announcement" was "late in The Day " for the company and would not come "too close, to mitigate the devastating impact of a Tory-no-Deal -UK's EU-exit on Small Business exporters".



boris johnson, ireland–uk border, angela merkel, european union, republic of ireland, brexit

Source of news: bbc.com

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