EU loses Irish Commissioner important to Brexit talks! (4k)

The EU has just lost its trade Commissioner at a critical point in the Brexit talks - and it's the Irish Commissioner to boot!

The Irish Commissioner to the EU, Phil Hogan, has been forced to resign over allegations that he broke, or stretched, his country's coronavirus regulations in something now dubbed as #GolfGate.

So how will this affect the EU's Brexit negotiation strategy and what of Ireland wanting to secure a deal that's good for them?

The BBC says:

"Mr Hogan attended a golf dinner with more than 80 people in County Galway on 19 August.

"He was also criticised for not complying with quarantine rules when he arrived in Ireland from Brussels.

"Mr Hogan said he did not break any law but he "should have been more rigorous" in adherence to the Covid guidelines."

It's reported that the Irish government wanted Hogan to either quit or be fired for flouting the rules, as his behaviour risked bringing their lockdown rules into disrepute.

And Hogan said in a resignation statement that:

"It was becoming increasingly clear that the controversy concerning my recent visit to Ireland was becoming a distraction from my work as an EU Commissioner and would undermine my work in the key months ahead."

And he also added:

"I reiterate my heartfelt apology to the Irish people for the mistakes I made during my visit."

Hogan also told RTE that the EU Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, did not force him out.

"I resigned myself. I know how to take responsibility." He said.

And the new leader as of today of the Lib Dems, Sir Ed Davey, will be somewhere at the head of the queue wringing his hands. Or whatever it is that Lib Dems do.

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