EU and UK to go into more intense Brexit negotiations
The EU and the U.K. government have agreed Friday to open intensive "tunnel" negotiations to reach a Brexit deal next week. The agreement to accelerate talks in a bid to secure a deal came following a meeting between British Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay and the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.
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- Published Date: 03:48 | 11 October 2019
- Modified Date: 03:48 | 11 October 2019
The 27 European Union countries staying on together after Brexit authorised their negotiator Michel Barnier on Friday to go into another round of intense and secret negotiations with Britain in a bid to get a deal, two senior diplomatic sources said.
"It's a tunnel with a very small light at the end of it," one of the diplomats said, indicating there was not too much hope on the EU side that a divorce deal could be sealed before Britain is due to leave the EU on Oct. 31.
Barnier reportedly received the green light to start crunch talks with British officials.
"Be patient," Barnier told reporters after the meeting.
He said: "Brexit is like climbing a mountain. We need vigilance, determination and patience."
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