UK is confusing the EU over Brexit, says Corbyn after meeting Barnier Read moreAngela Merkel, the German chancellor, put her stamp on the established EU position when she said Brexit negotiations could move on to trade by December. Although May made no fresh offers, the tone of her address to EU leaders was intended to be conciliatory. Damian Green, her deputy and first secretary of state, played down calls for a “no deal” Brexit on Thursday: “I think it’s hugely desirable that we get a deal. Shortly before the summit began, footage showed the British prime minister in earnest conversation with Merkel and the French president, Emmanuel Macron. For the EU, Brexit is a sideshow at the summit, which has a heavy agenda of foreign policy issues.

Source: The Guardian October 19, 2017 21:30 UTC