Brexit solution seems difficult given UK’S current stance: Barnier

EU’S chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier

BERLIN: The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said Monday that London’s current position did not offer any “basis to find an agreement” on leaving the bloc.

“Based on current UK thinking, it’s difficult to see how we can arrive at a legally operative solution which fulfills all the objectives of the backstop,” said Barnier in Ber

lin after talks with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.

“For the moment, we don’t have the basis to find an accord,” he added.

The “backstop” is intended to guarantee no hard border between EU member Ire

land and the UK’S province of Northern Ireland and to protect the EU’S single market.

Barnier’s downbeat assessment of the state of negotiations between and Brussels came after his meeting last week with his British coun

terpart Stephen Barclay.

Talks will continue this week in Brussels and New York, with meetings planned between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the EU’S President Donald Tusk later Monday.

“We remain open to talks, and to progress and to listen (to) the new ideas from the UK also regarding the future relationship,” Barnier told journalists.

He stressed however that it was up to London to find a solution to the deadlock.

“The ball is in the court of the British,” he said.

Britain is racing toward its October 31 departure without an exit agreement and faces economic disruption that the government admits could cause food shortages and spark civil unrest.

The EU has also warned against a disorderly exit, with the European auto industry becoming the latest on Monday to sound the alarm, bracing for a potential “seismic” impact on car-making.

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