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21 Oct

Talks back on! #Brexit /1

A No.10 spokesman said: „We have studied carefully the statement by Michel Barnier to the European Parliament this morning. As the EU’s Chief Negotiator his words are authoritative.“ /2

„As to the substance, we note that Mr Barnier set out the principles that the EU has brought to this negotiation, and that he also acknowledged the UK’s established red lines. It is clear that significant gaps remain between our positions in the most difficult areas“ /3

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19 Oct

EU+UK chief negotiators are speaking this afternoon. What will it take to re-start talks? I’d argue it’s not about specifics. It’s about political will. Do the PM and EU really want a deal? If answer is yes, then both sides know they must compromise + a deal is there to be done/1

Big problem is that both sides are so suspicious of each other. EU doesn’t trust UK gov to keep its word (it points to Internal Market Bill as a case in point). UK accuses EU of not accepting its sovereignty and trying to keep post #Brexit UK tied to EU rules. Both have a point/2

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As @DavidHenigUK wrote this weekend. But the EU’s level playing field demands come as no surprise to UK. They were in the political declaration signed by both sides last year outlining intentions for their future relations. Brussels has rowed back on maximalist demands /3

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Katya Adler

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16 Oct

Chief UK negotiator David Frost was quick to react last night - objecting o EU leaders’ tougher-sounding-than-could-have-been formal conclusions to their #Brexit discussion but since when are politicians declarations taken without a pinch or two of salt? /1

EU leaders also play to their domestic gallery. This is the last stage of the trade negotiations. We’re poised ahead of the chapter of Big Compromises. Neither the U.K. nor the EU want to go first. Both want to signal to their home crowd that THEIR interests are being protected/2

Macron is focused on upcoming French presidential elections. His main rival: a nationalist eurosceptic. When he insists publicly about maintaining French fishing rights in UK waters because they didn’t choose #Brexit -his aim is to sound nationalist + show leaving EU is costly /3

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Katya Adler

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14 Oct

PM leaves threat of walking away from talks with the EU in the air. Following his call this evening with European Commission and European Council Presidents, his spokesman said the PM had noted the desirability of a deal, but /1

“expressed his disappointment that more progress had not been made over the past two weeks. The Prime Minister said that he looked forward to hearing the outcome of the European Council (this weeks EU leaders summit) /2

and would reflect before setting out the UK’s next steps in the light of his statement of 7 September.” That was the date when the PM said there was no point in talking all autumn and that a deal should be visible by mid October /3

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Katya Adler

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13 Oct

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier has briefed Europe Ministers from EU member states that progress continues to be made in negotiations with the UK but not significantly when it comes to key sticking points: level playing field, fish, governance of deal /1

This briefing comes ahead of the EU leaders summit in Brussels end of this week, where Brexit will be discussed most likely I’m told on Friday morning. Both Michel Barnier and the PM once described this summit mid October as cut off point by which time a deal had to be agreed /2

This clearly will not be the case and each side predictably blames the other for that. Today a UK government source said: „The EU have been using the old playbook in which they thought running down the clock would work against the UK“ /3

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Katya Adler

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13 Oct

EU countries are today expected to formally give the green light (sorry!) to a common #COVID19 traffic light system designed to ease travel across the bloc despite rising numbers of infections /1

It’s an attempt by Brussels to avoid unilateral border closures between EU members and the collapse of the Schengen passport free travel area That we saw during the first corona virus wave /2

Under the scheme, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) will publish a map (to be updated weekly) that categories EU regions (not whole countries) into green, orange and red zones (or grey, for insufficient data) /3

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