In a boost for the prime minister’s plans to secure a deal by the end of the summer, the EU leaders agreed to strive to find early common ground on trade and security to avoid unnecessary economic chaos next year.
However, there were immediate signs of tensions on the horizon [from the President of the EU Council -- me neither]
In the meeting, they ['EU officials'] also “underlined their intention to work hard to deliver a relationship that would work in the interests of the citizens of the union and of the United Kingdom”, an indication that both were still aiming for a comprehensive and ambitious deal.
Johnson said the UK would continue to insist there was no role for the European court of justice, underlining assessments on both sides that finding a mutually agreeable international arbitration system remains one of the most difficult issues to resolve.The Times [subscription] also reports that:
Brussels is preparing to back down over a Brexit fishing deal and acknowledge for the first time that European fleets do not have an automatic right to fish in British waters...In a concession to help to unlock negotiations, Michel Barnier is understood to accept that the UK will have to be treated as an independent coastal state and have annual negotiations with the bloc over fishing quotas from next year.
Those of us who can really see what is going on, and what people are saying 'in effect', like all journos at the Graun and the BBC, might see this as indicating some actual progress -- damn!
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