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Now there are a few hours to find a Brexit Agreement Between United Kingdom and European Union. After months of bilateral discussions, the European Parliament has established for Sunday, December 20, the new deadline for the signing of the negotiations that should regulate the relations between London ei European countries starting next January 1.
Therefore, the negotiations will continue for another two days, but the statements of the leaders of both parties do not seem to go towards an agreement.
On this day Michel barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator on Brexit, in a speech to MEPs defined the next few hours as “Moment of truth“, Sending aultimatum to Boris Johnson to avoid the No deal.
Brexit: EU ultimatum to the UK to avoid no-deal
According to Barnier, London must accept the possibility of European fishermen to enter British territorial waters in exchange for access to the Union’s single market.
However, as said to the microphones of Sky News In the morning, the British Prime Minister does not come forward in favor of this condition, considering the control of fishing rights in his waters an essential element for the full sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
However, this is a matter of principle rather than of real economic interest to Boris Johnson, since this sector only affects the 0.1% of Gross Domestic Product From great britain.
The benefits of being able to distribute their merchandise within the community block would therefore be much greater than maintaining access to the sea off its coast reserved exclusively for its fishermen.
The fight for fishing rights continues
Johnson, in his interview today, he reiterated that the door is open but the solution seems difficult, asking the “European friends to have common sense”.
At least in this we seem to be on the same page, having said in Brussels that the prospect of reaching an agreement still exists, but that the path is very narrow.
There are several hypotheses that emerge from the analysis of the tones used by the protagonists involved in the bargaining. On the one hand are those who believe that in the end they will find a agreement and that with this tactic one tries to keep the interlocutor alert to snatch what are considered the best conditions for one.
On the other hand, however, the possibility of a deal is now thought to have been ruined and is clearly moving towards No deal, since neither of the two parties has really tried to reach a compromise by giving up anything from its initial position.
In addition, it is not the first time that the negotiations have a definitive deadline that is not respected later (the last was established to Sunday December 13), but the end of 2020 is still getting closer.
