Brexit means Brexit and we're going to make a success of it.

We have got a cast iron assurance and a guarantee from the British government.

The particular problems around the Irish border are being used politically to try to frustrate Brexit.

Northern Ireland must lead the European Union on the same terms as the rest of the United Kingdom.

Northern Ireland would form part of our customs territory.

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

I'm Tony Connolly, RTE's Europe editor here at the European People's Party in Zagreb.

And I'm Cullum Ongoongne, RTE's Deputy Foreign Editor in Dublin.

Each week, Brexit Republic assesses all the latest Brexit developments

in Brussels, London and Dublin.

This week, Jeremy Corbin and Boris Johnson trade blows

in the first TV debate of the UK election

over who can get Brexit done the quickest and on what terms.

We'll be assessing the claims and the counterclaims.

We'll be talking to a polling expert on how Brexit is playing out on the electoral landscape in the north ahead of the December 12th election.

I'll be looking at the impact Brexit has made here at the EPP Congress in Croatia

and deciphering some of the signals over what those trade negotiations are going to be like

if indeed Boris Johnson does get a working majority on December 12th.

So first, Tony, to Croatia, where you are at the moment

and where some of Dublin is in the form of Leo Varadkar at the moment,

what's the mood like amongst Europe's centre-right in Croatia?

Well, it's been a very interesting couple of days here, Column,

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