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The British government rules out further talks on Brexit after 2020. Boris Johnson spokesman: “We are ready to negotiate while there is time if we believe a deal is still possible.”
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.”
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.
EU negotiator Michel Barnier said in a briefing for MEPs, according to participants, 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”.
Germany: trade pact in the interests of both parties
The German government sees “difficult negotiations” on a Brexit trade pact between the European Union and Britain. Government spokesman Steffen Seibert said in Berlin on Monday that there must be a willingness to compromise on both sides, but both sides also have red lines.
There is little time left until the end of the transition phase. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be kept informed on the status of the negotiations. It is in the interest of both parties to reach a conclusion.
Without a trade deal, there will be tariffs and other trade barriers between Britain and the EU by the end of the year. Then the Brexit transition period will expire, during which, despite the UK leaving the EU at the beginning of the year, almost everything remained the same.
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