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Senior EU official: Withdrawal Agreemt is subject to approval by both sides. Barnier says text meets mandate given to him, and the EU27 have been fully involved.
That doesn’t mean we’re not 100pc sure that people don’t have ideas to improve the proposal. But, we have exhausted the room for manoeuvre within our respective mandates.
Another EU source says: The EU is at the limit of what will work on EU side - this is an extraordinarily generous EU approach to the British.
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Sooo...happy new year all. And back we are with more of the same. So here's a quick thread on this week's Brexit manoevrings:

1) The European Council on Dec 13 was pretty clear: clarification on the backstop, yes - but no legal instrument (Dublin was particularly against that)
2) Theresa May probably received some face to face nod from other EU leaders that there could be further assurances on the backstop, but nothing in writing. So when 2018 ended no meetings were envisaged, and nothing political or legal formally promised
3) There were phone calls in early New Year (May taling to Tusk, Juncker, Rutte etc) and official level contacts, but nothing of real substance appears to have emerged (there may also have been phone calls between @simoncoveney and David Lidington)
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Commission: Today's package includes 14 measures in a limited number of areas where a "no-deal" scenario would create major disruption for citizens and businesses in the EU27. These areas include financial services, air transport, customs, and climate policy, amongst others.
“These measures will not – and cannot – mitigate the overall impact of a "no-deal" scenario, nor do they in any way compensate for the lack of stakeholder preparedness or replicate the full benefits of EU membership or the terms of any transition period, as provided for in the WA
“They are limited to specific areas where it is absolutely necessary to protect the vital interests of the EU and where preparedness measures on their own are not sufficient”
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The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he was "very satisfied" with the EU's position on the Irish backstop at last night's summit meeting.
"We as the EU stand by the Withdrawal Agreement that was negotiated, we don't believe it's up for renegotiation, we're very keen to begin, as soon as it's ratified, talks on the future relationship, because we want to have a close relationship with the United Kingdom,"
"AS Europe we reaffirmed our commitment to the need for a backstop, and not just because it protects Ireland and ensures no hard border between NI and Ireland, thus protecting the peace process and the GFA, but also because it's a European issue too,
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THREAD: Can someone explain this to me.

Findings of Misconduct by a Senior DOJ Official for Ethical Misconduct, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, and Lack of Candor to the OIG

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The PM makes 2 points here. One is extremely weak, in my view (#peoplesvote undermines democracy). The second is misleading.

Extending Art50 wouldn’t require a “renegotiation” or “reopening” of the whole WA. It would just require changing the dates in it to reflect the ext. 1/
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Oh @cmrlofficial . Why so averse to learning? New stations, same old access problems. #Senior #Joyride thread - I spy with my jaundiced eye. #ChennaiMetro #A11y #Fails @DisabilityIndia
Really @chennaicorp ! This is the access to Nehru Park Chennai Metro station? At points the pavement itself is non existent with bus and Poonamallee High Rd traffic whizzing by. Senior citizen required support on both sides with parking 50 m away. @cmrlofficial @DisabilityIndia
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The first point is that the clock is ticking, but time is standing still.

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Markets jump for joy, but they overlook that "IF" and what Barnier means by "realistic".

So what does he mean? /3
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just started talking to Pascal Lamy, who starts with "Brexit [is] like trying to remove an egg from an omelette". Mixing the omelette (ie the SM) took a very long time; extracting from it will also take a very long time, and will be 'very complex' and 'costly'.
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