BRUSSELS: Britain and the EU failed to strike a Brexit divorce deal after a dispute over the Irish border scuppered talks in Brussels on Monday, but both said they were confident of reaching an agreement later this week. British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker appeared to have made a breakthrough on easing Dublin´s concerns about future frontier arrangements. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said he felt let down, having been asked by the EU chiefs whether he accepted a deal, only to hear later it had fallen through. Exit bill, citizens rightsMay, Brexit minister David Davis and the prime minister´s Brexit adviser Olly Robbins attended the “working lunch” with Juncker, the EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and Juncker´s chief of staff Martin Selmayr. Failure to do so this month could make the EU “rethink” whether an overall Brexit withdrawal deal is possible at all, Tusk has warned.

Source: Pakistan Today December 04, 2017 19:30 UTC