Brexit talks are back on between the UK and EU after a brief break. Both sides paused talks on Saturday due to remaining differences on level playing field rules, governance and fishing rights but the hope was that a phone conversation between Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen would help to break the deadlock. While a deal is yet to be agreed, that call has led to both sides agreeing to return to the negotiating table.
Following the conversation, Johnson and von der Leyen released a joint statement promising a ‘further effort’ would be made in the search for a Brexit deal:
In a phone call today on the on-going negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom, we welcomed the fact that progress has been achieved in many areas. Nevertheless, significant differences remain on three critical issues: level playing field, governance and fisheries.
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