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Jennifer Rankin
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EU climate action conclusions in trouble.
Poland and Czech Republic blocking any hint of 2050 net zero carbon target - even this watered down version 🔽

theguardian.com/environment/20…
Viktor Orbán has joined blocking group - Hungary had previously suggested it may support council conclusions that wd move EU in the direction of 2050 net zero carbon emissions.
The current para 2 in council conclusions could be dropped completely.... but re-emerge as statement by the majority of member states.
Merkel said it was important for the EU to show ambition ahead of UN climate summit in September.
Macron wanted unambiguous 2050 target.
Efforts by Tusk to bring Poland in with compromise text, but Morawiecki said no.
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'Boris, you are wrong'. Devastating take down of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt from EU commissioner @V_Andriukaitis europa.eu/!Rj67KU via
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The commissioner was born in one of Stalin's gulags, because his parents were considered "enemies of the people".
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Meanwhile... Michel Barnier met Stephen Barclay yesterday and once again rejected the British gov request to ringfence citizens' rights part of the Brexit agreement.

The EU remains absolutely firm that it will not reopen the withdrawal agreement.
The British government hopes to convince the EU to change its mind, by stressing no-deal impact, esp on Ireland.

“I think a no-deal outcome would be very damaging for Ireland,”
Barclay said. More by @joncstone
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
@joncstone While Johnson and Hunt are arguing about whether optimism v entrepreneurship will win the day, the EU refers back to the legal text that the British gov has already agreed to.

The extension deal from April *rules out* further negotiations.
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Jeremy Hunt defends comparing the EU to the Soviet Union. Incredible.
On narrow point of fact: simply not correct the EU is making it impossible for the UK to leave. Some days, some EU diplomats wd be glad if UK got on and did actually leave.
I know this is a leadership contest, but way too much stress on personality to fix Brexit.

The EU is a system of laws. It's not going to tear them all up because next PM is "tougher" or "not going to blink" whatever that means.
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