The chance of a Brexit deal being agreed between the UK and EU has risen. This morning Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay met with his EU counterpart Michel Barnier to pick up where Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar left off at the pair’s Cheshire meet. With the Prime Minister and Taoiseach agreeing that they could see a path to a potential deal, Barclay and Barnier discussed the technical details over a two hour breakfast. That discussion appears to have gone well with the EU27 telling Barnier they are happy for talks to now intensify. A European Commission spokesperson said:
‘The EU and the UK have agreed to intensify discussions over the coming days.
The EU’s position remains the same: there must be a legally operative solution in the Withdrawal Agreement that avoids a hard border on the island of Ireland, protects the all-island economy and the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement in all its dimensions, and safeguards the integrity of the Single Market.
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