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An agreement was reached on the separation of Britain ed European Union, thus eliminating the risk of No deal commercial. An acceleration that began when the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen they directly assumed the complicated negotiation. “We have finally found a agreementHe is good, balanced and the most responsible for both parties, ”he said. von der Leyen at the press conference with Michel barnier, who added: “I talks they were difficult ”but“ it was an agreement worth fighting for. We can leave Brexit behind ”. And in a tweet the British Prime Minister, Boris johnson, post a photo with both thumbs up and write, “The deal is done.”
The deal is done. pic.twitter.com/zzhvxOSeWz
– Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) Dec 24, 2020
The agreement came with the release of negotiations on the fishing, an issue that has been at the center of negotiations between London me Brussels. The agreement, reached in extremis, will enter into force on January 1, 2021, the end of the post-divorce transition phase, although subject to parliamentary ratifications. A statement from Downing Street. In a statement Downing Street affirmed that the free trade agreement defined today respects “all the promises made to the British people” by the government of Boris Johnson on the recovery of sovereignty by the United Kingdom, to reflect the popular will “expressed in the referendum. “From 2016.
Negotiations had been underway since last March, they had run aground in the fishing knot, an issue of high symbolic value but of very modest commercial impact given that we are talking about tens of millions of euros in the exchange between Great Britain and the EU worth about 400 billion euros a year.
The transitional period envisaged by the withdrawal agreement signed by London and Brussels last year ends on December 31 February 01. Among other things, the Withdrawal Agreement requires Britain to meet its existing financial obligations to the EU. Basically, you will have to pay a check between 40 and 60 billion euros. As of January 1, the UK will in any case be a third country to the EU. But the agreement on the future relationship should guarantee the exchanges. of goods without tariffs or quotas and define the framework for a possible partnership in security and other sectors. It also means that the divorce is signed on amicable terms, offering the possibility of working together to manage the inevitable future business frictions.
This morning, the French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune had stated that the negotiations would end, with or without agreement, before December 31st. Words in contradiction with what the EU chief negotiator said yesterday: Michel Barnier: “The European Union will not close its doors to the United Kingdom and remains ready to negotiate beyond January 1”
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