British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke over the weekend to get their teams back to the negotiating table after talks stalled on three thorny issues. A British government source said there had been no breakthrough on fishing rights on Sunday. Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin was not optimistic. Things are on a knife edge here and it is serious," he told national broadcaster RTE. If there is no deal, a five-year Brexit divorce will end messily just as Britain and its former EU partners grapple with the severe economic cost of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: bd News24 December 06, 2020 21:33 UTC