European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has warned it would take a “miracle” to reach the next phase of Brexit talks to discuss a future trade deal between the UK and EU, a crucial demand of Britain.
“By the end of October we will not have sufficient progress,” Juncker said Friday as he arrived for the second day of the EU summit in Tallinn, Estonia. “I’m saying there will be no sufficient progress from now until October unless miracles will happen.”
However, Juncker agreed progress had been made between the two sides this week.
The European Council will decide in October whether sufficient progress has been made to begin trade talks, as the UK wants.
Only if EU leaders approve there has been “sufficient progress” on these three issues would negotiators be allowed to move towards the more complex issue of future trade ties between the EU and Britain.
British and EU negotiators wrapped up their fourth round of negotiations on…