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« on: December 04, 2020, 10:46:14 am »
Brexit talks falter: Prospect of deal breakthrough ‘receding’
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Critical negotiations over a post-Brexit deal hampered by ‘eleventh-hour’ EU demands, UK government figure tells Reuters.
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The prospect of a breakthrough in crunch Brexit talks between the UK and the European Union is “receding”, according to a senior British government source, with time rapidly running out to broker a deal.

The UK government figure told Reuters news agency on Thursday evening that the EU had disrupted the negotiations by attempting to wrench further concessions at the last minute.
France threatens veto
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Both sides have warned that time is fast running out to reach an agreement amid continued division over several issues, including fishing rights, competition rules and the governance of any trade treaty.

UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma on Thursday said talks were now at a “critical phase”.

“It is fair to say that we are in a difficult phase, there are some tricky issues still to be resolved,” he told Sky News.

“Right from the start of this process, we’ve always said that a deal can only be done if the EU recognises that the UK is a sovereign, independent nation,” Sharma added. “It is on the basis of that a deal will be done.”

European Council President Charles Michel said the next few days would decide matters and the 27 EU leaders holding a virtual summit on December 10-11 would take a position.

“The real question is – which political, economic, social project do they want for their own future?” Michel told a news conference. “And this is a question for the British government and for the British people.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/4/prospect-of-breakthrough-in-last-minute-brexit-talks

Will Brexit break up the UK?
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The UK officially left the European Union on Friday, beginning a transition period where London must negotiate a trade deal with the EU by the end of the year. The historic end to 47 years of EU membership was met with both celebration, mourning, and a sense of anxiety for many UK citizens living in Scotland and Northern Ireland - both places where the majority voted to remain in the EU.

The push to quit the EU has generated renewed interest in independence from the UK as some citizens outside of England say London no longer represents their interests. The Scottish parliament has already agreed to hold an independence referendum, and support for a united Ireland - an idea once viewed as unrealistic - is now part of mainstream political discussion.

So is Brexit - a campaign whose electoral success was linked closely to English nationalism - destined to break up the United Kingdom?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zvI00vT7x4&feature=emb_title