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12 Dec, 7 tweets, 1 min read
Brexit talks latest:

Negotiations ongoing, general caution against any speculation about movement on LPF or fisheries...
2/ Two sources say the “gunboat”headlines have not gone down well with the EU side and have “not helped the mood”
3/ Michel Barnier and David Frost have held one meeting today. “Nothing concrete” acc to one source
4/ One source says the UK has pushed further restrictions on foreign ownership of British fishing boats (quota is generally tied to boat ownership)
5/ In general talks said to remain very difficult.

More discussions are likely this evening and tomorrow.
6/ As planned, Boris Johnson and VDL are expected to speak tomorrow.
7: U.K. source says PM’s position remains the same: any deal must be fair and respect the principles of sovereignty and control.

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14 Dec
NEW: re the previous thread and potential Provisional Application of the treaty:

Important to note that opting for Provisional Application is *not* a silver bullet to avoid a No Deal on Jan 1 if the negotiations run out of time
2/ A source has said there is a "very high risk" of a No Deal interregnum in the first part of January simply because even deciding on Provisional Application takes quite a bit of time.
3/ "If you have a deal just before Christmas there isn't enough time to have the deal rolled out, even provisionally, before Jan 1."
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14 Dec
NEW: Michel Barnier has told EU member states there has been some movement on the level playing field, and on dispute resolution, but that fisheries talks remain "very difficult" @rtenews understands. Sources say this could go through this week and beyond...
2/ Acc to one senior source, Barnier said there was acceptance that the EU could take retaliatory measures against the UK if it diverged from EU standards but that it would not be "autonomous", in other words, before taking action there wd need to be some dialogue with the UK
3/ "It's the operationalisation of that principle that is now under discussion," acc to source. The EU see this is progress as for a long time the UK refused to accept that if they diverged the EU had a right to do something, says the source
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10 Dec
BREAKING: The UK will make a unilateral declaration promising to remain fully aligned to EU food safety and animal health rules for the production of agrifood products destined for Northern Ireland after January 1, @rtenews News has learned.
2/ The EU will also issue its own declaration recognising that British food meets European safety standards during two separate grace periods, one for three months and another for six months.
3/ The declarations will form part of a final sequence of agreements allowing the NI Protocol to take effect.The overall package will be signed off by the Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove and European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic no later than next week
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10 Dec
The Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD has said there will be no winners or losers in the final stages of the EU UK trade negotiations. Speaking in Brussels he said it was positive that both sets of negotiators would keep talking
2/ “There can be no winners or losers in these negotiations from now on. There has to be a common purpose in terms of getting a deal over the line, because it makes sense to get a trading deal.
3/ “I didn’t expect a breakthrough last evening. I think the fact that they met for quite a lengthy period of time and had that frank exchange of views is a good thing, and the fact that negotiators are mandated to go back in again and try and break the logjam is positive.
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10 Dec
NEW: @CBeaune French Europe minister has told @RTE news “the negotiations still have a chance to lead to a deal”. But on fish, LPF “we will defend our core interests” The negotiating mandate will stay the same, he said
2/ “We can find compromises, we can make efforts - both sides - but the key interests of the EU must be respected by the UK”
3/ “We want to have stable access to U.K. waters but then we can discuss parameters, but this is absolutely fundamental.”
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10 Dec
NEW: Mairead McGuinness, Ireland's EU Commissioner, tells @morningireland "there is a deal to be done" and that last night's dinner will have clarified what the faultlines are, and "if we take the heat" out of the issues around sovereignty and independence
.@McGuinnessEU said there was "one glimmer of hope" in the EU statement, ie that "We gained a clear understanding of each other´s positions, qualifying that by saying both sides remained far apart"
McGuinness says the European Commission will issue No Deal contingency plans "later today or tomorrow". "I hope they won't have to be implemented and that we get a Christmas present over the weekend"
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