"We are working," EU Brexit negotiator Barnier says

Record ID: 1435040

  • Title: "We are working," EU Brexit negotiator Barnier says
  • Date: 3rd October 2019
  • Summary: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 3, 2019) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) EU CHIEF BREXIT NEGOTIATOR, MICHEL BARNIER, LEAVING EU COMMISSION BUILDING AND SAYING: "I met (Members of the European) Parliament yesterday. I am going to meet (European Union) member states. And we are working. That's all." VARIOUS OF EU CHIEF BREXIT NEGOTIATOR MICHEL BARNIER WALKING TOWARDS THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL BUILDING TO MEET EU AMBASSADORS EU FLAGS OUTSIDE EUROPEAN COUNCIL BUILDING EXTERIOR OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION BUILDING EU LOGO ON BUILDING EXTERIOR OF EU COUNCIL BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 17th October 2019 15:39
  • Keywords: no-deal UK backstop Michel Barnier Brexit withdrawal agreement EU Britain European Union United Kingdom proposal negotiator
  • Location: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • City: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • Country: Belgium
  • Topics: European Union,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001AZJNLMV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on Thursday (October 3) said he and his team were working on reaching an agreement on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union as he was heading to a meeting with representatives of the 27 member states remaining in the bloc post-Brexit.
    More talks between both sides' Brexit negotiators are due on Friday but the bloc has already made it clear that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plans - which principally involve arrangements for the border between EU member Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland - are nowhere close to unlocking a deal.
    The stakes are getting higher in the run-up to the October 17-18 EU leaders' summit at which Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes to seal a new deal and take his country out of the bloc two weeks later. He has promised to leave on October 31 - with or without a withdrawal agreement.
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