Brexit deal LIVE: Juncker – NO AGREEMENT has been reached – further talks needed
THERESA May will carry out one of the most consequential tasks of her premiership today as she battles to secure an historic initial deal with the EU.
By WILL KIRBY
Express.co.uk
Mon, Dec 4, 2017
The Prime Minister will be hoping to seal the terms of the nation’s divorce from Brussels when she marches on the city this afternoon to meet with Eurocrat-in-chief Jean-Claude Juncker.
If secured, the forging of the initial Brexit deal will be used as a foundation for trade and treaty talks with the bloc as the UK breaks free from the yoke of the European Union and out into the wider world.
Eurocrats have warned Mrs May that today is the day to agree terms between European and UK officials ahead of an EU summit on December 14, with draft papers for the conference due in just eight days.
It follows months of stalling from the bloc’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier over citizen’s rights, the Irish border and the proposed multi-billion pound divorce bill.
But with Brussels insiders confirming negotiators are “90 per cent” of the way towards an agreement, and Irish officials adding there are “intensive contacts back and forth” between London and Dublin, the Prime Minister is closer to guiding the nation towards freedom from the 27-nation superstate than ever before.
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