Barnier proposes four even more days of make-or-break Brexit talks with UK
30 November, 2020
Michel Barnier told Users of the European Parliament (MEPs) he's prepared for another several days of last-ditch Brexit negotiations with the UK, even while both sides sounded gloomy about striking a trade package in that time.
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator and David Frost, his Uk counterpart, resumed talks in London on Saturday. The Frenchman declined to comment following the discussion, but earlier said, "We are not definately not the take-it-or-leave it moment," according to a European resource.
The other day, talks were taken on-line after an associate of Mr Barnier’s group tested great for coronavirus.
In a private interacting with on Friday, Mr Barnier told MEPs that he'd sort out the weekend and “maybe a couple of more days” in a final effort to attain an agreement with the UK.
With five weeks still left before end of the transition period, Mr Barnier was advised by European parliament officials that scrutinising and voting on an accord prior to the end of the entire year will be difficult if a deal weren't made by Wednesday.
The news headlines came as British interior minister Priti Patel said the talks were continuing.
"As a federal government, we're clear in our determination to make certain that those talks continue as a result we can get to a conclusive end, but simultaneously we happen to be preparing in the manner in which our region would expect us to get ready for the finish of changeover," Ms Patel said.
Despite today agreeing on many areas of a deal, the two sides are in odds on fishing policy, level playing field provisions and governance.
Mr Barnier was reported to have told European ambassadors that within a free trade package the EU was ready to provide UK between 15 % and 18 per cent of the seafood quota caught at present in Uk waters. That was dismissed by Westminster as “derisory”.
MEPs have got voiced frustration with the delays and could need to ratify a package between Christmas and the brand new Year.
A failure to attain a deal would cause a messy separation on January 1, with the sides forced to trade on Environment Trade Organisation terms.
That could mean tariffs imposed in goods going into mainland Europe, border checks, and a situation that is widely expected to cause economic chaos.
Britain has generally been trading on a single conditions with the EU because it officially left the bloc in January as part of a transition arrangement that expires towards the end of the year.
Source: www.thenationalnews.com