EU Does Not Want Deadline Missed Because Of Technicalities: BBC

BBC's Europe Editor Kayta Adler tweets a long thread below:

• "Assumption EU-side is that if a deal will be reached, Boris Johnson will want it to be when -or just after-negotiating teams meet in London, rather than during a 'Brussels week'. EU attitude is that bottom line: it wants a deal but not bothered how U.K. gov sells it at home."
• "[...] negotiators are expected to meet face-to-face in London later this week-which, potentially, is when Barnier and the PM could emerge from #covid19 self-isolation"
• "Announcement of deal end of week? Or dramatic 'last ditch push' in London over weekend?? Or both sides admit so near and yet so far? Or more days of 'negotiations' squeezed in while minds are made up on political compromises..? "
• "If there's a deal on table, EU won't want deadline to be missed bc of technicalities. EU law would allow provisional application of the deal from 1 Jan IF the 27 EU leaders sign off on it before end of year BUT leaders want to read through deal first in their mother-tongue [...] which means lawyers involved in the translation process (meaning more time needed)"
• "European Parliament wants its moment in limelight. It's not keen to ratify next year after the deal is already being applied provisionally. Ongoing talk in Brussels of possibility of a vote between Christmas and New Year. Prob 28th Dec [...]"