This being Brexit, no sooner has one hurdle been overcome, so the next rears its head
*WHEN* is the vdL-Johnson meeting going to happen?
Currently we don't know
*WHEN* is the vdL-Johnson meeting going to happen?
Currently we don't know
https://twitter.com/Brexit/status/1336315243140669442
There are two, theoretically three, options
Wednesday (or Thursday morning) makes most logical sense - it would allow vdL and Johnson to seal a deal, and then the European Council Thursday afternoon can agree it
Friday afternoon (or Saturday) I suppose is an option as fallback
Wednesday (or Thursday morning) makes most logical sense - it would allow vdL and Johnson to seal a deal, and then the European Council Thursday afternoon can agree it
Friday afternoon (or Saturday) I suppose is an option as fallback
The theoretical option - and I presume the one Johnson is pushing for and hence why we do not know the schedule yet - is he's in Brussels when the European Council happens, and he can even talk direct to the Heads of State and Government there
Neither Merkel nor Macron want Johnson (and indeed Brexit!) at EUCO
Also cooler heads UK side ought to not want it either - the chances Johnson's bluster backfires there is surely much higher than if he just meets vdL
Also cooler heads UK side ought to not want it either - the chances Johnson's bluster backfires there is surely much higher than if he just meets vdL
https://twitter.com/Brexit/status/1336246042405310464
Also delaying and delaying this meeting... does not make the task of getting a Deal any easier, because the European Parliament still has to ratify - and it doesn't want to be bounced into it...
... although delay, for UK to then 👉 at 🇪🇺 is surely not impossible?
... although delay, for UK to then 👉 at 🇪🇺 is surely not impossible?
So if - by the end of the day today - we still don't know when Johnson is to go to Brussels, alarm bells ought to start to ring again...
Sorry.
/ends
Sorry.
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