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EU sources disputing that Barnier said a Brexit deal is 'within reach' last night. There's a bit of a dispute over correct translation and he meant to say he's working for a deal next Wednesday but 'we're not there yet'. Barnier's words as reported yesterday moved the pound.
Here's the official Commission transcript of that quote, so French speakers can judge for themselves what he meant.
The Commission have now taken the unusual (I believe unprecedented but could be wrong) step of actually putting out their own printed translation of Barnier's speech, in which this line in French becomes this in English 👇
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Commission no deal planning only pledges to 'avoid full interruption of air traffic between the EU and the UK' and will 'only ensure basic connectivity'. Not terribly encouraging wording for those with holiday plans in Europe after March.
Also in the document is confirmation Gibraltar will be carved out of any measures to mitigate a no deal scenario. Will go down like a cup of cold sick on the Rock and in London.
'Every consignment' of live animals and animal products exported from the UK to the EU will have to be checked at its external borders if there's a no deal. That's a lot of checks...
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Dutch PM Mark Rutte tells me: 'This idea in UK Parliament they’ll get stuck in backstop for 30/40/50 years is absolutely not necessary. Nobody in his right mind would want the backstop.' Adds he's 'confident May now has all the arguments necessary to get it through parliament'.
Rutte denies suggestions May was too vague during talks with EU leaders last night: 'She was very clear, very open about what she wants from us and we put it on paper' [in the EU27 summit conclusions].
Rutte also suggested to me PM may need to forgo festive R&R: 'She'll no doubt during Xmas think about how to create that next stage of a new relationship and what the UK can do to really get kickstarting the whole discussion, of which part will be how to prevent the backstop.'
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'In Dublin, Leo Varadkar told Sinn Fein's president Mary Lou McDonald that the party should take up its seats in Westminster and back the Withdrawal Agreement.' - Press Association. 😬
Speaking in the Irish parliament today, Mr Varadkar also said: 'I don't believe stirring up tensions in Northern Ireland or turning this issue into one of orange versus green is helpful at all at this time.'
The last time Mr Varadkar urged Sinn Fein to take up their Westminster seats, which was only a few weeks ago (on that occasion he didn't actively tell them to do so to vote for the Brexit deal), the party's leader Mary Lou McDonald was unimpressed. thesun.ie/news/3462789/s…
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The second text was a step forward and formed the basis of the final motion. However, we were able to secure further concessions and move Labour policy on #Brexit firmly in the right direction.
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On Friday, Olly Robbins is due to discuss “backstop” proposal in Brussels. This needs to be signed off by Brexit “war cabinet” within hours.

Last night papers hadn’t gone round to S and N
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