EU and Britain blame each other for slow progress on post-Brexit deal
Both sides admit the chances of an agreement by year-end are looking bleaker
23 August 2020 - 16:24
Britain and the EU made scant progress towards a deal on future ties in talks last week, and their chief negotiators blamed each other for the stalemate as time ticks down to an end-of-year deadline.
“Those who were hoping for negotiations to move swiftly forward this week will have been disappointed,” the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said at a news conference after two full days of talks in Brussels...
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