Ireland's Varadkar confident of Brexit solidarity from next Commission chief

Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar said he was confident the nominee to lead the European Commission, Germany's Ursula von den Leyen, would show the same solidarity with Ireland over Brexit as its outgoing president, Jean-Claude Juncker.

Varadkar also welcomed the naming of Belgium's Charles Michel as the next head of the European Council, the European Union's intergovernmental body, saying "he understands Brexit".