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Barnier: 'EU Surprised And Disappointed Talks Not Speeding Up'

EU

Michel Barnier says that the EU is 'surprised and disappointed' that the pace of talks are not accelerating as the end to the transition period approaches.

  • 'The need for LPF is not going to go away. Even if the UK continues to insist on low quality agreement on goods and services only, it is a non-negotiable part of the agreement.'
  • 'We are asking for nothing more and nothing less than what PM Johnson committed to in the joint political declaration'.
  • Barnier, as has become standard for his post-negotiation conferences, recites paragraphs from the declaration.

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