NEW: details of today's Brexit briefing to EU27 ambassadors — according to a diplomatic note of the meeting, diplomats were told:
- UK proposals to date have not been the basis for a negotiation
- UK proposals to date have not been the basis for a negotiation
- It has been made clear to the UK that any solution cannot be time limited and must be legally operative. Virtual solutions are unacceptable
- Barclay understood the EU position, diplomats were told
- Barclay understood the EU position, diplomats were told
- In his meeting with Barclay, Barnier pushed back against the suggestion that the UK had made concessions so the EU should too
- He told Barclay that attempts at blaming the EU were not helpful
- He told Barclay that attempts at blaming the EU were not helpful
- EU's chief Brexit negotiator also said that current consent proposals ["Stormont veto"] were not acceptable, but following talks between Johnson and Varadkar other options were possible
- Barnier also said that the agreement negotiated by PM May should be the reference point
- Barnier also said that the agreement negotiated by PM May should be the reference point
Additionally, I understand that for logistical reasons EU27 ambassadors could meet again on Sunday evening instead of Monday.
