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Boris Johnson, U.K. prime minster, remaining, greets Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, on the actions of number 10 Downing Street in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Johnson will tell Von der Leyen that his authorities is only interested in negotiating a free trade agreement with its premier sector, and that he’s established to achieve it by the close of the year.
![Ursula von der Leyen wearing a suit and tie standing next to a woman: Boris Johnson, U.K. prime minster, left, greets Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, on the steps of number 10 Downing Street in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Johnson will tell Von der Leyen that his government is only interested in negotiating a free trade agreement with its largest market, and that he’s determined to achieve it by the end of the year.](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/boris-johnson-to-head-to-brussels-for-crisis-brexit-talks-with-eu/"default":"load":"default","w":"80","h":"53","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1bIkmN.img?h=533&w=799&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1442&y=440","size3column":"load":"default","w":"62","h":"42","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1bIkmN.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1442&y=440","size2column":"load":"default","w":"62","h":"42","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1bIkmN.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1442&y=440")
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will head to Brussels inside of times for urgent talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, amid growing fears on the two sides that Brexit trade talks will fail.

The two spoke on Monday night and agreed to fulfill immediately after they concluded a deal remained considerably off, irrespective of frantic tries by their negotiators to break the deadlock as time runs out. A time and day for the meeting has nonetheless to be resolved. European Union leaders collect for a summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday.
The deal with-to-face assembly among Johnson and von der Leyen is a indication that eight months of complex negotiations have gone as significantly they can and, if there is to be a deal, political leaders will now want to phase in and broker a compromise. Equally, it indicates the two sides nonetheless consider they have time right before the final deadline at the conclusion of the year and intention to use it to extract past-moment concessions.
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The two groups are nonetheless significantly aside, with “significant differences” on the 3 essential challenges of fisheries, regulations for reasonable competitiveness, and the governance of any offer, they said in a joint statement on Monday night. Disagreements on these subjects have dogged the negotiations given that they started eight months ago.
The British facet gave a bleak watch of the state of engage in, warning the negotiations may possibly be headed for failure.
A senior British formal claimed there had been no tangible progress due to the fact the atmosphere soured very last week and there is each probability they will not arrive at an agreement. The Europeans have been also pessimistic, with Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney warning of mounting irritation with the British method.
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Coveney said some international locations are getting to be “resigned” to the thought of Britain crashing out of the EU one market place and customs union with no trade offer in put, and the temper in the bloc is beginning to shift towards contingency preparing.
“Without political intervention from the extremely best, i.e. from the key minister and the president, then I think individuals are ever more pessimistic that the negotiating teams can get this concluded efficiently,” he instructed RTE.
Independently, Johnson signaled on Monday he is well prepared to back again down on his danger to break intercontinental regulation by unilaterally ripping up areas of the Brexit divorce deal he signed with the EU — a transfer Coveney welcomed.
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Though EU officers stated chief negotiator Michel Barnier thinks Wednesday to be the lower-off issue for achieving a offer, some diplomats elevated the prospect of a discussion at a summit of the bloc’s 27 leaders that begins on Thursday.
Johnson may possibly also want to discuss to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, officers explained.
Each the European and U.K. parliaments will need to ratify any accord prior to Britain’s changeover period of time ends on Dec. 31 and they are presently going through a scramble to get that perform done in time.
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