EU tests UK’s ‘good faith’ as sides adopt negotiating rules
Germany is even more blunt; ‘My message is crystal clear to our friends in London: keep your promises’
25 February 2020 - 17:58
Brussels — On Tuesday, the EU and Britain adopted their respective, detailed negotiating rules ahead of talks on future ties amid European warnings that London must first implement the treaty easing the terms of Brexit.
The talks are to begin next week under a cloud of evaporating trust and incompatible demands. They are expected to go to the end of the year, corresponding to a transition period set out under the Brexit withdrawal agreement struck late in 2019 that London has ruled out extending...
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