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Von der Leyen: transition is very, very tight, it is impossible to negotiate all the issues. We'll have to prioritize so long as we face the deadline of Dec 2020.
We need to tackle first of all those topics where we at the end of the year, when we're running out of time we will not have an intl agreement or something to fall back on, only a hard exit. which would not be good for the UK or good for the EU
I'm convinced that for all the fields this is HUGE what we have to negotiate. Net, 9-10 months at most, because it has to be ratified. It's a question of priorities we will have to set.
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For the record... @BillyKelleherEU phoned a short time ago to offer a gracious apology and to insist that his Tweet last night was not directed at me personally but was a result of sadness over Brexit coming to pass...
...and frustration that his consituents feel the EU is not properly explained and explored by the Irish media (in other words, as he would see it, in the absence of healthy and fair coverage of the EU the eurosceptics will always win).
I have fully and gratefully accepted Billy's apology and explanation and am happy to draw a line under the episode
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