EU leaders on Thursday (15 October) called on London to make the "the
necessary moves" in negotiations on the EU-UK future relationships, in
order to have a deal ready for January next year.
The EU-27 also called on the EU Commission to draw up contingency measures in case there is no deal.
The heads of government talked Brexit for over two hours at their
Brussels summit, and without phones in the room, as the negotiations now
enter two critical weeks.
The EU wants to UK to move on the following issues: fair competition
and state aid, fisheries, and governance of the future agreement.
"We are united and determined to reach on agreement, but not at any
cost," European Council president Charles Michel told reporters online
in a break of the EU summit, which is also dealing with climate change
and the Covid-19 pandemic.
"I will continue intensive discussion in the coming weeks," EU chief
negotiator Michel Barnier said, who gave the press conference along with
Michel after commission president Urusla von der Leyen had to abruptly
leave the summit to go into precautionary self-isolation after one of
her staff tested positive for coronavirus.
Barnier said that he will discuss with his British counterpart, David
Frost, a schedule for talks, adding he will be in London ready to
continue talks throughout next week, and offered to continue in Brussels
the week after.
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10/16/20
6/4/20
EU - BREXIT: Does the coronavirus crisis make a no-deal Brexit more likely?
On June 23, four years will have passed since the momentous Brexit
vote. For more than three of those years, a "no-deal Brexit" perpetually
loomed as a distinct and disastrous possibility.
The sting was seemingly taken out of that doomsday scenario last October when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar struck a deal of sorts on arrangements regarding the British border on the island of Ireland.
That paved the way to the Withdrawal Agreement and on January 31, the UK finally left the European Union.
A one-year transition period up until December 31 meant that 2020 was to be the year in which the truly hard yards were finally walked. The EU and the UK would thrash out the bones of their future relationship and edge towards some kind of normality.
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Does the coronavirus crisis make a no-deal Brexit more likely? | Business| Economy and finance news from a German perspective | DW | 04.06.2020
The sting was seemingly taken out of that doomsday scenario last October when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar struck a deal of sorts on arrangements regarding the British border on the island of Ireland.
That paved the way to the Withdrawal Agreement and on January 31, the UK finally left the European Union.
A one-year transition period up until December 31 meant that 2020 was to be the year in which the truly hard yards were finally walked. The EU and the UK would thrash out the bones of their future relationship and edge towards some kind of normality.
Read more at:
Does the coronavirus crisis make a no-deal Brexit more likely? | Business| Economy and finance news from a German perspective | DW | 04.06.2020
2/21/19
BRITAIN: Theresa May to face ministerial revolt over a no-deal Brexit
Theresa May faces ministerial revolt over no-deal Brexit
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