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After the London-EU talks broke down, Prime Minister Johnson and Commissioner von der Leyen agreed to new talks on Sunday, “despite big differences”.
Negotiations on a trade pact between the EU and the UK continue. This was announced by both parties on Saturday night after a conversation between the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the prime minister of Great Britain, Boris Johnson. Von der Leyen said the negotiators would meet again in Brussels on Sunday.
The negotiations will continue “despite the big differences,” EU Commission President von der Leyen said in a television statement after the phone call with Prime Minister Johnson. These differences exist in the three issues of fishing rights, guarantees of fair competition and regulation of future relationships. Brexit negotiations had been declared a top priority after negotiators failed to make progress on Friday.
A special summit of EU heads of state and government is currently not scheduled, an EU diplomat said in Brussels on Saturday, referring to the conference already scheduled for next Thursday and Friday.
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier remained keen to strike a trade deal with Britain. “We will remain calm as always,” he told British broadcasters in London as he returned to Brussels by train after the suspension of negotiations. And if there is still a way, we will see ”. He did not comment on the chances of a deal.
After no progress was made on Friday, the negotiations broke down. Among other things, there are strong discrepancies on the issue of fair competition, he said.
(Red./APA)
