Brexit Negotiator

Today’s big question EU sets deadline of Christmas Eve as UK negotiators hint an agreement is closeFour and a half years after David Cameron resigned on the doorstep of Downing Street, UK and EU negotiators have entered the final days of trade talks.  Boris Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula…

With less than 10 days left till the new year, EU and UK leaders and negotiators intensify talks to reach a trade deal.The European Union is giving a “final push” to reach a potential deal on future trading ties between the bloc and the United Kingdom, according to the EU’s…

Several EU states – most notably France – have been vocal about ensuring access to British fishing waters under a future deal. Photo: Reuters A deadlock over fisheries – a relatively tiny issue in economic terms – seems to be blocking a deal Neither the UK nor EU is prepared…

EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier leaves the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Yves HermanBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Sunday that talks with Britain over a post-Brexit trade deal were at a “crucial” point and that the negotiations continued.“In this…

FILE PHOTO: EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier attends a debate on future relations between Britain and the EU during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium December 18, 2020. Olivier Hoslet/Pool via REUTERSBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Sunday that…

Updated 2 weeks ago · Published on 13 Dec 2020 11:59PM · EU and British negotiators have agreed to keep post-Brexit trade deal negotiations going past a self-imposed deadline. – EPA pic, December 13, 2020. BRITISH and European negotiators were sent back to work today after Prime Minister Boris Johnson…

Boris Johnson and EU commission chief Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to push on with talks despite passing a self-imposed deadline of Sunday Britain is set to leave the European Union’s single market on December 31 and will fall back on World Trade Organization rules if no trade deal…

Article contentLONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are expected to speak to each other at around lunchtime on Sunday on their post-Brexit trade negotiations, media reported. The two leaders gave their negotiators until Sunday to try to find a way to…

DUBLIN — Some degree of creativity between British and European Union negotiators can deliver agreement on the ‘level playing field’, one of the major sticking points in their post-Brexit trade talks, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Sunday. “The level playing field area is one that has bedeviled the…

(FILES) In this file photograph taken on January 29, 2020, British members of the European Parliament from the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats pose for a group picture wearing scarves depicting the European Union and the Union Jack flags at The Europa Building in Brussels. -(Photo…