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09 November 2018

The Independent: Brexit deal likely to slip to December, says EU commissioner


Ireland’s EU Commissioner has said a summit to finalise a Brexit deal is now unlikely to be held until December, pointing to further slipping in the negotiating timetable.

Phil Hogan said if he was “a betting person” he would wager that there would be no deal this month.

But his comments come amid reports in an Austrian newspaper suggesting a deal could be imminent.

"I think if we don't get proposals in the next few days it's unlikely we'll have a deal in November, so the pressure is on the UK to make those proposals,” Mr Hogan, the EU’s agriculture chief, told Irish public broadcaster RTE.

“But I would say if I was a betting person we would have a December Council to discuss the final outcome. But hopefully we can do a deal.” [...]

Discussions held at Cabinet earlier in the week were inconclusive, Downing Street said.

Der Standard, an Austrian newspaper, however on Thursday afternoon cited EU sources suggesting a deal was now in the works and leaders were preparing for a summit in late November, possibly on the 25th day of the month. [...]

Full article on The Independent



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