If it refused to do so – and there was no deal as a result – this would be viewed by the EU as the deliberate choice of Boris Johnson’s government. If the UK was still serious about a deal it would return with “different proposals” this week and the EU side would be prepared to talk, he said. That’s a complete ecosystem, with common rights, common norms, common standards, common rules, a common legal system. “It has been clear for months that the current Brexit situation simply cannot continue and that an end to this first phase must be found. And he added: “They then blame their inevitable failure on some mysterious ‘establishment’, making people even angrier.

Source: The Guardian October 05, 2019 19:07 UTC