Very well done to our negotiating team, showing a bit of that wartime spirit at last.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1...ks-Michel-Barnier-Boris-Johnson-latest-update
EU rattled: Brussels left shocked by Britain’s new hardline approach to trade talks
BRITISH negotiators finally believe they have Brussels on the back foot with their uncompromising attitude in the talks about a future trade deal.
David Frost’s army of officials refused to budge last week after Michel Barnier demanded for the current access to Britain’s fishing waters is maintained as the price for the future relationship pact. The Brussels bureaucrat even called for the UK’s departure from the bloc’s single market to be delayed after admitting negotiations had been “disappointing”.
Sources said EU officials were “a bit worried” by their British counterparts during the recent week-long talks carried out over video conferences.
It is believed the UK’s new uncompromising stance and a refusal to simply accept the EU’s demands has shocked some of Mr Barnier’s deputies.
The tactics even drove Mr Barnier to accuse the British of “slowing down” the negotiations and his deputies claimed they were even seeking to end the talks without an agreement.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1...ks-Michel-Barnier-Boris-Johnson-latest-update
EU rattled: Brussels left shocked by Britain’s new hardline approach to trade talks
BRITISH negotiators finally believe they have Brussels on the back foot with their uncompromising attitude in the talks about a future trade deal.
David Frost’s army of officials refused to budge last week after Michel Barnier demanded for the current access to Britain’s fishing waters is maintained as the price for the future relationship pact. The Brussels bureaucrat even called for the UK’s departure from the bloc’s single market to be delayed after admitting negotiations had been “disappointing”.
Sources said EU officials were “a bit worried” by their British counterparts during the recent week-long talks carried out over video conferences.
It is believed the UK’s new uncompromising stance and a refusal to simply accept the EU’s demands has shocked some of Mr Barnier’s deputies.
The tactics even drove Mr Barnier to accuse the British of “slowing down” the negotiations and his deputies claimed they were even seeking to end the talks without an agreement.