Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, left with the European Union's Michel Barnier. Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, warned progress in the talks has been “blocked” as his European counterpart said just a few hours remain to find a deal, Bloomberg reports. “We’re at the moment of truth,” Michel Barnier, the bloc’s chief negotiator, told the European Parliament. The talks are zeroing in on what rights EU boats will have to fish in British waters after Brexit. The issue has minimal economic impact – the industry amounts to just 0.1 percent of U.K. gross domestic product – but is of high political significance.

Source: The Standard December 18, 2020 09:18 UTC