Brussels has stepped up its preparations and held out the prospect of emergency agreements aimed at keeping planes flying and lorries crossing to the continent, amid the prospect of a no deal Brexit.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had flown to Brussels in a last-minute dash to try and thrash out a breakthrough with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over dinner on Wednesday.
Following a three-hour summit earlier this week, Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen agreed that a Brexit deal must be inked by Sunday or otherwise, there. 10.12.2020, Sputnik International