EU will not offer new British PM better Brexit deal, says Irish foreign minister

The European Union will not offer whoever takes over as British prime minister a better Brexit deal, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Friday.

"From my perspective, I don't see the European Union offering any new prime minister a better or very different deal to what was on offer to Theresa May," Coveney told Ireland's Newstalk radio station after May on Friday said she would quit.

"This idea that a new prime minister will be a tougher negotiator and will put it up to the EU and get a much better deal for Britain? That's not how the EU works."