The path may be narrow but it is there. It is therefore our responsibility to continue trying.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will speak to Ms von der Leyen at 7pm on Thursday to discuss the state of play in the Brexit negotiations, Downing Street has said.
The PM and Ursula von der Leyen met recently in Brussels in a last-ditch bid to salvage a trade deal, but it ended without a breakthrough. Credit: PA
Mr Gove has said that while the negotiations with the EU had made progress, “significant” differences between the two sides remained.
“The process of negotiation has managed to narrow down areas of difference. It is certainly the case that there are fewer areas of difference now than there were in October or indeed July,” he told the Commons Brexit Committee.
EU Sees ‘Good Progress’ in Brexit Talks but UK Minister Says No-Deal More Likely
Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, said the talks had entered the “final stretch.”
In this final stretch of talks, transparency & unity are important as ever: Debriefed @Europarl EN Conference of Presidents this morning on negotiations.
Good progress, but last stumbling blocks remain. We will only sign a deal protecting EU interests & principles. pic.twitter.com/L25PWCKYAG
“Good progress, but last stumbling blocks remain. We will only sign a deal protecting EU interests & principles,” he wrote on Twitter after briefing the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament.
THERE has been “good progress” in talks on a post-Brexit trade deal but the “last stumbling blocks remain”, Michel Barnier said. The European Union’s lead negotiator has been holding talks with the UK team led by Lord Frost in an effort to reach a late deal before the current arrangements expire at the end of the year. Mr Barnier briefed European Parliament leaders about the state of the talks, which he said were in the “final stretch”. In this final stretch of talks, transparency & unity are important as ever: Debriefed @Europarl EN Conference of Presidents this morning on negotiations.