After all-night negotiations on the EU’s raised 2030 climate target (finally just adopted), a *very* short update on #Brexit is now happening.
Squeezed in at the last moment at 8am. These leaders are not changing their red lines.
Squeezed in at the last moment at 8am. These leaders are not changing their red lines.
https://twitter.com/barendleyts/status/1337297236825354240
An EU official says the #EUCO #Brexit update was indeed brief and that "the probability of a no deal is higher than of a deal".
Negotiations will resume today.
Negotiations will resume today.
President @vonderleyen on #Brexit: "On level playing field we have repeatedly made clear to our UK partners that the principal of fair competition is a precondition to privileged access to the EU market. It is the largest single market in the world and it’s only fair." 
VDL: "But this is not to say that we would require the UK to follow us every time we decide to raise our level of ambition, for example in the environment. They would remain free, 'sovereign' if you wish, to decide what they want to do..."
"...We would simply adapt our level of market access to the UK, and this would apply vice versa."
On 🐟: "We understand UK aspires to control its waters. But the UK must understand the legitimate expectations of EU fishermen built on decades and sometimes centuries of access".
On 🐟: "We understand UK aspires to control its waters. But the UK must understand the legitimate expectations of EU fishermen built on decades and sometimes centuries of access".
VDL: "We will decide on Sunday whether we have the conditions for an agreement or not. In the meantime the Commission has proposed 4 targeted contingency measures today [narrator: now yesterday]"
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