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Trade talks on Brexit between the EU and the UK will take place in Brussels starting Thursday, it was announced today. European Commission spokesman Dan Ferrie said: “I can confirm that negotiations are ongoing in London right now, they will run until tomorrow and then they will take place here in Brussels, starting Thursday.” He did not say what stage the negotiations are currently at, but added that both sides are “making an intense commitment” to reach an agreement.
The transition period expires at the end of the year.
This means that an agreement will need to be reached in the coming weeks so that it can be ratified by then.
So far, the main obstacles have been future fishing rights, as well as so-called “level playing field” rules to ensure fair competition and governance arrangements for any deal.
But Express.co.uk readers believe Johnson should end the talks after he promised to do so earlier this month if a deal didn’t seem likely.
Readers were asked between 1:40 PM and 9:22 PM on Tuesday if they thought Johnson should remove the UK from trade talks with the EU today.
Of the 6,208 people who voted, a whopping 6,018 people (97 per cent) said the UK should end the talks.
Only 171 voters (three percent) disagreed with this, while 19 (0 percent) said they did not know.
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Another reader added: “The EU could use this at any time to force us to obey some of its judgments.
“Boris must crush this political time bomb for his peace of mind, as well as for his Government and the British people.”
A third person also said, “Why have we waited so long? Come out now.”
And a fourth simply said, “Yes, absolutely.”
Downing Street warned Monday that “the time is too short” to close the “significant” gaps between the UK and the EU.
The President of the European Council also warned that the Brexit negotiations are in their most difficult stage.
He said: “We all know that, in all negotiations, the final and final decisions are the most difficult.
“Will we get a deal? I don’t know, it will depend on what’s on the table.”
John Berrigan, head of the European Commission’s financial services unit, said Brussels has asked London for further clarification on how long it will align with EU financial rules.
He told the European Parliament: “We are almost ready.
“There will be divergence … but we have to achieve a mutual understanding of how much divergence is likely to occur, and that will be enough to allow us to maintain an equivalence agreement.”
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