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According to the APA, the British government wants to negotiate a Brexit trade pact with the EU until the last minute. “Time is running out and we are in the final phase,” a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in London on Monday. “But we are ready to negotiate while we have time, if we believe that an agreement is still possible.”
Post-Brexit talks ‘excluded’ next year
The British government is ruling out more post-Brexit talks next year. A spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in London on Monday: “We are ready to negotiate while there is time if we believe a deal is still possible.” However, with a view to extending the currently tentative talks on a trade deal with the EU until next year, he stressed: “I can rule that out.”
Johnson and the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, wanted to call again on Monday afternoon at 5 pm to take stock of the talks.
Negotiations could last until Wednesday
According to participants, EU negotiator Michel Barnier is said to have said in a briefing for MEPs that negotiations could continue until Wednesday. The summit of EU heads of state and government will take place on Thursday and Friday.
Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin urged all parties to find a solution. “It would be a huge failure if we don’t come to an agreement,” he said. In this case, all economies would suffer “unnecessarily”.
(Those: APA)
