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EU Minister Hans Dahlgren will meet with the press ahead of Tuesday’s EU ministerial meeting in Luxembourg.
Time is waiting for an agreement between the EU and the UK on future cooperation after Brexit. The British side must move, urges EU Minister Hans Dahlgren.
In recent years, numerous weeks have been designated as fateful for Brexit. Here’s another one.
Intensive negotiations are ongoing between the EU and the UK on what rules will apply to trade, fisheries and other cooperations after the turn of the year. On Thursday, the situation will be discussed by the heads of state and government of the EU countries at a summit in Brussels. At the same time, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pointed out that if there is no deal ready, he can imagine a no-contract situation.
– It is a difficult situation and time is running out. We don’t have much time left, says EU Minister Hans Dahlgren.
“Push forward”
Along with colleagues from other EU countries, Dahlgren will receive a review of the situation on Tuesday from the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier.
– I hope that Michel Barnier can report that he continues to move forward in such a way that the European Council (Summit of Heads of State and Government) from Thursday to Friday can give an impetus so that it really becomes an agreement. But then the British, for their part, must also move for there to be a deal, Dahlgren tells TT and Ekot ahead of the meeting in Luxembourg.
That Boris Johnson clearly set October 15 as a watershed date, Dahlgren still doesn’t see as dramatic.
– I think nobody expects it to be an agreement finished, signed and ready the day after tomorrow, October 15. But I think the British are pushing for that to happen as much as possible until then. And we also want to work to ensure that everything possible happens in the negotiations, says Dahlgren.
Without contract?
So far, the negotiations have focused mainly on three things: fishing, dispute resolution, and level playing field.
Germany’s current EU presidency calls the situation “very serious”, but stresses that the EU really wants a deal.
“Everyone knows that an extra-contractual situation is the worst, not only for the EU but also for the UK, but we are also prepared for it,” EU Minister Michael Roth said on the way to the Luxembourg meeting. .
Hans Dahlgren is still optimistic.
– In the negotiating room, a lot has happened in recent weeks and if you can continue at that pace, there are good chances for a result, says Dahlgren in Luxembourg.
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