Downing Street 'working hard' amidst reports of Michel Barnier's midnight deadline

Michel Barnier and Simon Coveney greet each other at a meeting of EU General Affairs ministers. Source: Virginia Mayo

Work to secure a deal has been intense after talks over the weekend, and which are understood to have gone on until 11pm on Monday, continue between EU and UK negotiators. I have just debriefed EU27 Ministers in Luxembourg. 🇪🇺 unity remains strong. We want an agreement that works for everybody: the whole #UK & whole #EU.Talks are difficult but I believe an agreement is still possible. pic.twitter.com/FxQHCajg5bBarnier debriefed EU27 ministers in Luxembourg before tweeting: “Talks are difficult but I believe an agreement is still possible.

This was always going to be both complicated and come down to the final hours and days, so this doesn’t surprise me. We are going to work round the clock to try to secure it. Rinne’s comments came as negotiators stepped up efforts to work out a way to break the deadlock over the Irish backstop. Negotiations are continuing this week between the task force and the UK, but a source said that there are still major hurdles to overcome and “no one should underestimate the scale of the challenge to secure agreement and redraft a treaty in time for the European Council”.A Cabinet briefing on Brexit was understood to have been postponed by Johnson as negotiators continued talks to hammer out a new deal ahead of the 31 October deadline.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney raised some hopes by saying “a deal is possible”, maybe even this week, but stressed “we’re not there yet”.

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