European leaders to sign post-Brexit trade deal as British MPs face express debate
By David Coffey with RFI LISTEN
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The UK and European Union will sign a mammoth trade pact this Wednesday to put their seal on a long drawn-out Brexit divorce before parting ways definitively at the dawn of 2021.
EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel will ink the 1,246-page Trade and Cooperation Agreement at 0830 GMT, officials in Brussels said, days after it was clinched on Christmas Eve following months of hard-fought talks.
The hefty document will then be flown by the Royal Air Force to London for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to add his signature, as the UK parliament embarks on a rushed debate to clear the decks before a 31 December deadline.
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EU leaders sign post-Brexit trade deal with UK (Ld)
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Brussels, Dec 30 : The European Union (EU) leaders formally signed the post-Brexit trade deal with Britain on Wednesday.
EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, the heads of the European Commission and European Council, smiled at a brief televised ceremony to put their names to the 1,246-page Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Taking to Twitter, Leyen confirmed that she and European Council President Charles Michel signed the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement in Brussels.
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