#Barnier

1/ Michel Barnier offered a downbeat assessment of the post-Brexit trade talks to the EU Parliament's Conference of Presidents today. Barnier repeated, almost word-for-word, the letter he sent to opposition
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UK has yet to seriously engage in key areas of negotiation - says Barnier . That worries me, he says. We can’t make progress on selected issues, he says. Need
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“No tangible progress” on fisheries says Barnier despite political declaration target to sort this out by July... Says UK hasn’t provided full draft text, and won’t allow it to be
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Wow. Barnier eviscerating the Brits over the state of talks. 1. Reneging on level playing field, with UK saying two sides are "too far apart to reach an agreement"2. Brits
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Barnier: 'In the middle of an economic shock which is terrible and round the corner because of Coronavirus we have to see if we can come up with a smart
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1/ Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen will speak about the latest in the Brexit talks later today. For the Brits, this isn't expected to deliver a breakthrough. Sticking
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I'm sorry to say it as I've nothing against him & it's not really his fault, but Barnier now seems likely to go down in history as an epic fail
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.@MichelBarnier briefing reporters now on result of this week's virtual #Brexit talks.He says it is UK's choice to go ahead with 31 December deadline despite the #COVID19 crisis.EU will do
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EU sources tell me that no decision has yet been formally taken about Michel Barnier’s movements once he comes out of #COVID19 quarantine (Friday). He had been expected to go
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EU +UK chief negotiators meet (virtually) on Wednesday for only second time since #Brexit day. Both men were struck down and have since recovered from #coronavirus. Sticking points between the
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A big speech from Barnier today - setting out clearly the EU's view of how talks with the UK are proceeding. To reassure member states. Play the PR game. Annoy
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1/ What to expect when Brexit talks resume here tomorrow? For one, talk about the UK's push for the 'outline' of a trade deal by the end of the month.
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Following this morning's briefing of EU foreign + Europe ministers by @MichelBarnier in Luxembourg here's a sense of expectations ahead of this week's #EUCO: 2/ The EU wants to dedramatise
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„We are not going to be a client state. We are not going to compromise on the fundamentals of having control over our own laws,“ says chief UK negotiator trade
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A quick Friday thought. This week the EU and UK food and drink industries made big plea to @MichelBarnierfor special treatment on so-called 'rules of origin' to keep supply chains
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The EU is worried the UK being outside their rules, will have an "advantage" that it will be able to do more to help people and economic growth, and be
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