The EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has said the onus was on Boris Johnson’s government to agree or not, to a no-deal divorce from the EU, as more than three years of talks between the bloc and the UK ended up on the brink of collapse the other day. “If they do not change, I do not believe, on the basis of the mandate I have been given by the EU27, that we can advance,” Barnier said on Saturday at an event in Paris thrown by Le Monde. According to the negotiator, if the UK was still serious about the possibility of a deal, it would come up with “different proposals.” “I want to be extremely clear. ‘No deal’ will never be Europe’s choice. It would be – and note the conditional tense because I hope still to find a deal – it would always be the UK’s choice, not ours,” Barnier explained at length, asserting that the European side was prepared and had taken “measures to protect our citizens and our businesses.” Perpetual Irish Backstop Dilemma Barnier’s comments followed another break-up in talks with the EU after the UK put new Brexit proposals to the bloc, which would keep… Read full this story
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