EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan urges the UK to raise such proposals with Michel Barnier not 'in the airwaves'. Says: 'We’re going to have to make difficult decisions at the end of June. We’ve waited a long time for the UK to come up with its mandate and be ready to negotiate...
...We’ve been very patient with the UK in terms of the slow pace it’s shown in relation to engaging with the discussions. We take account of the illness of the PM and we hope he continues to his full recovery but the place to do all of this work is at the table of negotiations...
...where there’s been plenty of opportunities which haven’t been taken by UK in recent weeks. We hope in the next 2 rounds we’ll see much more intensive work being done, much more engagement, so even having to consider a transition [extension] won’t have to be considered at all.'
