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Let's try to round up the week in Brexit, shall we?
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Personally, the big thing that's struck me is how we're sitting on our hands, waiting for announcements
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The core negotiating teams have locked themselves up good and proper during this week, and briefings are being kept to an absolute minimum
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So, what to make of today?
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Over the weekend, lots of +ve optics and warm words, to get mvt from the conference-season slump
But lots of reining in during the day
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But lots of reining in during the day
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Partly, it's sensible expectation mgt: one might have had the impression that suddenly everything was hunky-dory and the work of a moment
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Possibly more for me than for you, let's try to pull this week together a bit:
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Let's start with the EU side
Having largely kept heads down during conference season, yesterday's Tusk/Varadkar presser demonstrated that EU is keeping the pressure on
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Having largely kept heads down during conference season, yesterday's Tusk/Varadkar presser demonstrated that EU is keeping the pressure on
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The tension seems to be between COM/EUCO and IE, as @pmdfoster explained well yesterday: IE making conciliatory noises, central EU bodies pushing EU integrity line
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