Michel Barnier warns British government risking no Brexit deal by refusing to compromise. [ Ссылка ] #eudebates #debates #Barnier #BREXIT #negotiations The UK risks crashing out of the EU without a trade deal by refusing to compromise and break the deadlock in post-Brexit negotiations, Michel Barnier has warned.
Brussels' chief negotiator said today that he is "worried and disappointed" after his counterpart in Downing Street, David Frost, did not make any concessions to end the impasse during informal talks.
The EU negotiator reiterated that a deal must be brokered by the "strict deadline" of the end of next month in order to have it in place for the close of the transition period on December 31.
"We need a breakthrough, we need to move," Mr Barnier said after a speech hosted by Dublin's Institute of International and European Affairs think-tank.
"If the UK wants a deal with us and a fair agreement for a zero-tariff, zero-quota access for British access to our market of 450 million consumers then they will have to move and it is their choice, it is their responsibility.
"We are ready to make fair and constructive compromise but not at the detriment of the EU."
Number 10 acknowledged "it is clear that it will not be easy to achieve" a deal after Mr Barnier and Mr Frost met in London yesterday ahead of the eighth round of formal negotiations next week.
Mr Barnier said: "We did not see any change in the position of the UK. This is why I express publicly that I am worried and I am disappointed because, frankly speaking, we have moved.
"I've shown clearly openness to find compromise.
"If they don't move on the issues which are the key issues of the EU, the level playing field, fisheries and governance, the UK will take itself the risk of a no-deal."
Mr Barnier said the EU will not accept the livelihoods of fishermen and women being "used as a bargaining chip in these negotiations".
On Wednesday 2 September Michel Barnier, Head of the EU Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom, will address a webinar on the state of play in the negotiations on the future relationship between the EU and the UK, the obstacles on the road to an agreement, and the key issues that will shape the relationship in the years to come. [ Ссылка ] #eudebates #debates #Barnier #BREXIT #negotiations
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This online event is co-organised by the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) and the European Commission Representation in Ireland. [ Ссылка ] #eudebates
The IIEA is Ireland’s leading European & International Affairs think tank. We are an independent, not-for-profit organisation with charitable status.
Michel Barnier is the European Commission’s Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom. He was previously the head of the Commission’s Article 50 Taskforce, charged with negotiating the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. In a long career in European and domestic politics, Mr Barnier has served in many roles, including as Minister of European Affairs of France; Minister of Foreign Affairs of France; European Commissioner and Vice-President in charge of Internal Market and Services; and European Commissioner for Regional Policy and the Reform of European Institutions.
The relationship between the UK and the EU, and its implications for Ireland, has been a central element of the IIEA’s events and research programme for over two decades. The programme monitors and analyses the latest developments in Brexit, the UK’s future relationship with Europe, and the constitutional future of the UK itself.
