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1. Dutch PM tells @bbcnews - "we are sleep walking into no deal scenario. It's unacceptable and your best friends have to warn you. Wake up . This is real. come to a conclusion and close the deal."
2. Rutte says he is 'not optimistic' about May and Juncker finding a new way of handling the backstop, but says he could accept an additional 'interpretation' of what's been agreed in divorce deal, when we asked about codicil - telling that he named May-Juncker -
3. Clear now No 10 hopes pinned on agreement btw May-Juncker on codicil so Attorney General can alter his legal advice, (Downing St seems to feel relatively hopeful, but not confident) , so it can then theoretically pass thro Parliament, and only after that, be approved by all 27
4. That's certainly a different tone from the normal, things can only be agreed at 27, position and interesting that Rutte mentioned May-Juncker rather than Council in that context (if you are as nerdy as me) - he's increasingly seen as the deal maker
5. On delaying Brexit date? Rutte said 'It's up to UK. If UK ask for delay, the EU will ask what do you want with it? We don't want to go round in circles for the next couple of months. What will be achieved by it?'
