Varadkar is happy to play the hard man for the EU at the moment as it is a distraction from the problems he is facing domestically chances are that come the next Irish election he will be voted out so will not be dealing with the consequences of his actions. Once the UK has left then the federalisation of Europe will speed up and some of the smaller countries will be the ones to suffer most with Ireland’s 10% corporation tax rate being right up there on the hit list