British and European negotiators on Sunday played down hopes of a rapid breakthrough in their last-ditch bid to strike an amicable Brexit divorce deal.
Intense talks continue in Brussels, but European diplomats say the two sides are still far apart on how to manage trade and customs on the island of Ireland.
“A lot of work remains to be done,” EU negotiator Michel Barnier told the bloc’s ambassadors. For once, a British spokesman in Brussels echoed him: “There is still a significant amount of work to be done. Technical-level talks will continue tomorrow.” “No breakthrough yet. But the good news is: Intensive discussions continue,” a European diplomat told AFP.
Breaking that pledge could come back to haunt him in an early general election that most predict for the coming months. Outgoing European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said British politics were getting more difficult to decipher than the riddle of an “Egyptian sphinx”.
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