{"id":40945,"date":"2020-11-27T13:07:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T13:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=40945"},"modified":"2020-11-27T13:07:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T13:07:35","slug":"brexit-face-to-face-talks-to-resume-as-barnier-comes-out-of-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/brexit-face-to-face-talks-to-resume-as-barnier-comes-out-of-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit: face-to-face talks to resume as Barnier comes out of quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Face-to-face Brexit trade talks will resume this weekend in London, the EU&#8217;s chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Barnier had to self-isolate after a colleague tested positive for Covid last week, suspending all in-person negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>However, Micheal Barnier warned ahead of a meeting that &#8220;the same significant divergencies persist&#8221; in negotiations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In line with Belgian rules, my team and I are no longer in quarantine. Physical negotiations can continue. <\/p>\n<p>I am briefing Member States &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Europarl_EN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Europarl_EN<\/a> today. Same significant divergences persist.<\/p>\n<p>Travelling to London this evening to continue \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 talks w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidGHFrost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DavidGHFrost<\/a> + team.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michel Barnier (@MichelBarnier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelBarnier\/status\/1332240787350958080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Boris Johnson insisted the likelihood of a deal depended on the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Friday, ahead of the talks resuming, the Prime Minister told reporters that &#8220;there is a deal there to be done if they want it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But he added: &#8220;substantial and important differences&#8221; remained between the two sides, with just over a month left to finalise an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiators are in a rush to form a deal to govern their trading relationship once the UK&#8217;s post-Brexit transition period ends in January 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1\">\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">In-person negotiations in Brussels were suspended a week ago after a member of Mr Barnier\u2019s team contracted coronavirus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40984\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/brexit-face-to-face-talks-to-resume-as-barnier-comes-out-of-quarantine\/call-me-fred-n99v5gjti-g-unsplash\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40984\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40984\" class=\" wp-image-40984\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/call-me-fred-N99V5GjTi-g-unsplash-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by: @callmefred | Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1\">\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">The Frenchman is briefing EU member states ahead of talks with his UK counterpart, Lord Frost as areas such as fishing rights remain a hurdle to a deal before the Brexit transition period expires at the end of next month.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Barnier said he would travel to London on Friday evening, after briefing EU ambassadors and members of the European Parliament on talks.<\/p>\n<p>He also tweeted on Friday: \u201cIn line with Belgian rules, my team and I are no longer in quarantine. Physical negotiations can continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In line with Belgian rules, my team and I are no longer in quarantine. Physical negotiations can continue. <\/p>\n<p>I am briefing Member States &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Europarl_EN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Europarl_EN<\/a> today. Same significant divergences persist.<\/p>\n<p>Travelling to London this evening to continue \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 talks w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidGHFrost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DavidGHFrost<\/a> + team.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michel Barnier (@MichelBarnier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelBarnier\/status\/1332240787350958080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, there was concern over the in-person talks &#8211; with earlier reports suggesting Mr Barnier would not travel to London unless the UK changed its negotiating stance.<\/p>\n<p>After the positive Covid-19 test in a member of Mr Barnier&#8217;s team, Negotiations have been continuing via video link for the past week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Dina Nazari | Subbing: Grace Staley<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Face-to-face Brexit trade talks will resume this weekend in London, the EU&#8217;s chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said. 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