UK would remain 'sovereign' on level playing field, Ursula von der Leyen insists
Telegraph, 11 Dec 2020
It will be "difficult" to reach a post-Brexit trade agreement, the European Union's top official said as she stepped up no-deal planning.
Ursula von der Leyen set out plans for emergency legal agreements to keep planes flying to the UK and lorries crossing Europe the day after a dinner with Boris Johnson failed to produce a decisive breakthrough.
The European Commission president and the Prime Minister have agreed that a decision on the future of the negotiations will be taken by the end of the weekend.
Read more about the EU's no-deal contingency plans: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/12/11/eus-no-deal-contingency-plans-will-affect-ukfrom-flights-road/
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Ursula von der Leyen set out plans for emergency legal agreements to keep planes flying to the UK and lorries crossing Europe the day after a dinner with Boris Johnson failed to produce a decisive breakthrough.
The European Commission president and the Prime Minister have agreed that a decision on the future of the negotiations will be taken by the end of the weekend.
Read more about the EU's no-deal contingency plans: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/12/11/eus-no-deal-contingency-plans-will-affect-ukfrom-flights-road/
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