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BREAKING: This is EU leaders’ coordinated response to vote just released: “We regret the outcome of the vote, and urge the UK Government to clarify its intentions with respect to its next steps as soon as possible.... #Brexit 1
”The EU27 will remain united and responsible as we have been throughout the entire process and will seek to reduce the damage caused by Brexit.... 2
”We will continue our preparations for all outcomes, including a no-deal scenario. The risk of a disorderly exit has increased with this vote and, while we do not want this to happen, we will be prepared for it... 3
“We will continue the EU´s process of ratification of the agreement reached with the UK Government. This agreement is and remains the best and only way to ensure an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.” 4
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katya adler
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Yawning gulf apparent between what’s being briefed/hinted/expected by No10 (a revised Brexit deal in the offing possibly ready for HoC to vote on early next week) and EU reality (Barnier still talking about ‘worrying political impasse’) 1
Ahead of PM’s visit to Brussels today, @JunckerEU said he expected no breakthrough but that is polite-speak compared to what I’m hearing behind the scenes 2
If PM looking for legally-binding assurances that backstop not a trap/permanent EU/UK solution. Ie If PM thinks legally-binding version of January Juncker/Tusk letter would be enough to get the deal through Parliament then EU diplomats say could draw that up ‘anytime, 24/7’ 3
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katya adler
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While there is widespread disagreement about whether the EU will blink or not over #Brexit (spoiler alert: the bloc is more flexible than it wants to indicate right now) it’s arguably more useful to think what kind of eventual ‘concessions’ we might be talking about from the EU 1
It’s true the EU has a history of blinking in the last moment BUT only in its own interest. In the Greek debt crisis the bloc chose to keep Greece in the eurozone in order (leaders thought) to better protect the whole currency 2
When I say EU will be more flexible than seems right now, I don’t mean ditching the backstop. EU leaders want to protect the single market. They earn more from it than from trade with UK alone. Protecting border on island of Ireland = protecting SM as well as NI peace process 3
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katya adler
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Frustration and #Brexit despondency reign right now in EU circles. “This new round of EU-UK negotiations is essentially window dressing” -one official tells me “Each side just repeats well-known red lines to the other. And all this with time running out.” 1
Every two weeks, the PM sets another deadline for “crunch time”. It was supposed to be today, now it’s theoretically end of Feb but few in EU see things moving bilaterally till March. Probably the EU summit on 21st with 8 days to go till ‘B Day’ 2
Even well-seasoned EU officials don’t want to predict with certainty what could happen then. Many in the UK who voted Leave because ‘Brussels bureaucrats have all the power’ might be interested to see the power for change in the #Brexit deal lies with the 27 national leaders 3
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