The Telegraph
Angela Merkel warns EU to prepare for no deal forward of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deadline
Angela Merkel warned the EU should prepare for UK commerce negotiations to fail as Boris Johnson instructed ministers the UK ought to have “no concern” over a no deal Brexit if his October 15 deadline is missed on Thursday. The Prime Minister instructed his Cupboard he believed a deal may nonetheless be carried out by Thursday’s European Council summit in two days’ time however that was dominated out by Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator. Mr Johnson will communicate to Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Fee, on Wednesday after being briefed on whether or not a free commerce settlement is in sight by David Frost, his chief negotiator. Mrs Merkel stated the EU wished to safe the commerce deal and appeared to induce different member states to compromise in a speech to a Brussels-based EU establishment. “Sadly we’ve to organize for the occasion there might be no settlement,” the German Chancellor stated, “We additionally should have in mind the fact; an settlement needs to be within the pursuits of each events, in British pursuits in addition to the pursuits of the 27 member European Union.” In Luxembourg, Mr Barnier instructed Europe Ministers that not sufficient progress had been made on fisheries, the extent enjoying subject or enforcement to get the deal carried out by the summit. He made it clear he expects negotiations to proceed past Mr Johnson’s deadline till the top of the month. EU diplomats stated that Mr Barnier had their’ “full help”. UK authorities sources claimed Michel Barnier was guilty if the deadline was missed. They accused him of being unable to marshall the 27 member states behind essential compromises in sectors akin to fishing, the place France has vowed to point out “no weak spot”. “The EU will proceed to work for a good deal within the coming days and weeks,” Michel Barnier tweeted. “There’s some motion right here and there, however it isn’t adequate by far and no tunnel in sight,” an EU diplomat stated. The “tunnel” is Brussels jargon for secret intense talks to clinch a deal. “Degree enjoying subject, fisheries and enforcement measures stay the important thing controversial points,” the diplomat stated. “The EU have been utilizing the previous playbook during which they thought working down the clock would work in opposition to the UK,” a British authorities supply stated. “However actually all these techniques have achieved is to get us to the center of October with plenty of work that might have been carried out left undone.”