Sun: EU Comm Says Talks May Continue After Johnson-VdL Meeting

Nick Gutteridge at The Sun tweets: "An EU Commission spokesman now says Brexit talks may not wrap up tomorrow after all and that they will 'hopefully continue after' the meeting between Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen, the timing of which is still unconfirmed. EU Commission spokesman says of the planned meeting between Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen: 'That's not where the negotiations happen. The meeting will be to try and lift substantial impasses so then the negotiators can continue their work'."

• Chief negotiator for the EU Michel Barnier stated yesterday that Wednesday would be the deadline for a deal to be reached, and with the upcoming publication of the UK Internal Market bill, it would be difficult to see talks continuing beyond that point given the clauses contained within that breach the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
• However, during the course of these talks deadlines have been pushed back time and time again so it may not be the case that Wednesday is the final day possible for negotiations over a deal.