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Eleventh Hour: EU, Britain Agree to Extend Brexit Talks Till 31st December Published December 13th, 2020 - 11:46 GMT
In this file photo taken on October 02, 2019 Britain s Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers his keynote speech to delegates on the final day of the annual Conservative Party conference at the Manchester Central convention complex, in Manchester, north-west England. Ben STANSALL / AFP
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He had suggested that today was a hard deadline for both sides to make agreement or stop them.
Brexit talks will go to the 11th hour after Boris Johnson stepped back from the brink of a No Deal departure today.
The Prime Minister announced that deadlocked free trade talks would continue, after holding talks with European Commission president Ursula Von de Leyen this morning.
Spain’s Foreign Minister says negotiators have ‘a duty’ to agree a deal on Gib frontier mobility
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Spain’s Foreign Minister said negotiators have a “duty” to agree a deal that ensures cross-border fluidity and protects citizens of Gibraltar and Spain.
Arancha Gonzalez Laya told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge On Sunday that without a deal for Gibraltar, the Rock’s border with Spain would become an external border of the European Union and Spain “wants to avoid that”.
She was speaking just hours before London and Brussels agreed on Sunday to more talks on an elusive UK/EU trade agreement.
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Here’s a summary of the day’s developments so far:
The UK and the EU have agreed to keep talks on a post-Brexit trade deal going. The British prime minister, Boris Johnson, and the European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, agreed there was sufficient hope off a deal being reached to make a continuation worthwhile, making Sunday the latest deadline to be missed.
Business leaders welcomed the continuation of talks. The heads of the British Chambers of Commerce, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and the CBI all backed the decision.