The chief Brexit negotiators of the European Union and Britain met for breakfast on Friday, hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart unexpectedly said they had found a pathway to a possible deal at last-ditch talks. In a tumultuous week, Brexit negotiations have shifted wildly, starting with a public row between London and Brussels and ending with a meeting cast as “very positive” by Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier met British Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay for breakfast at the EU Commission's Berlaymont headquarters in Brussels in talks that could pave the way for a deal at an Oct. 17-18 summit. mR. Johnson, the face of the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign, made no further comment on the meeting with Varadkar. Britain's Northern Ireland minister said that no single party in Northern Ireland would be given a veto in any Brexit deal, but that an agreement was now “a distinct possibility”.

Source: The Hindu October 11, 2019 07:41 UTC