EU chief negotiator with the United Kingdom, Michel Barnier, waits for the start of a meeting of EU General Affairs ministers at the European Council building in Luxembourg, October 13, 2020. — Reuters pic
A source close to the negotiations told reporters that Johnson’s call with Von der Leyen would not necessarily be decisive. The source said that London would not make any decision on next steps before hearing the result of tomorrow’s summit. And they will invite EU negotiator Michel Barnier to “intensify negotiations” to strike and implement a trade deal before January 1, when the UK will have left the single market.
In response, a UK government source accused Brussels of “using the old playbook in which they thought running down the clock would work against the UK.”
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