BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — British and European Union (EU) negotiators agreed Friday to intensify efforts to find a new Brexit withdrawal agreement, just days before a key European summit.
EU member states will review progress on Monday, following a meeting between influential leaders French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
A European diplomat, however, told AFP that EU ambassadors may gather as soon as Sunday for a stock taking if Barnier feels there is any backsliding from the British side.
The stepped-up negotiations came after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar held a meeting Thursday both sides dubbed “promising.”
That led to a Brussels working breakfast Friday between EU negotiator Michel Barnier and British Brexit minister Stephen Barclay to break the talks logjam.
Neither side revealed much detail about what was discussed.
But a European official told AFP: “Basically, the British are ready to evolve on the question of customs, towards an all-island economy.”
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