In all areas, the UK continues to backtrack.

The European Union argues that we should be subject to rules of the club that we have left.

The precondition is the level playing field.

We can deliver a real Brexit that achieves our objectives.

But if there is not a deal, we still need the Irish Protocol or the Northern Irish Protocol fully implemented.

I'm going to miss being the pantomime villain. protocol or the Northern Irish protocol fully implemented.

I'm going to miss being the pantomime villain.

Hello and welcome to Brexit Republic, RTE's podcast on Brexit.

I'm Tony Connolly, RTE's Europe editor, normally in Brussels, but currently in Derry.

I'm Sean Wheelan, RTE's London correspondent at the G7 summit in Cornwall.

And I'm Colimo Mungown, RTE's Deputy Foreign Editor in Dublin.

Each week, Brexit Republic assesses all the latest Brexit developments in Brussels, London and Dublin.

As the US marks the UK's cards over the Northern Ireland Protocol,

former US ambassador to the EU, Tony Gardiner, deconstructs the Demarch debacle.

US President Joe Biden de-dramatised the situation in Cornwall, but not before the protocol

overshadowed the pre-summit agenda. And the EU's Brexit point man, Marashevich, said Europe's patience is

wearing thin what might happen when the threadbare fibers of forbearance finally fragment.

First, let's have a look at Marashevich because earlier this week he gave a press conference

while he was over at that joint committee meeting in London on Wednesday.

And his tone was quite robust. Let's hear from him.

We always prefer the negotiations. We always prefer finding the good solutions. And we

demonstrated that we can do that. I was personally negotiating all grace periods in December

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