The Prime Minister had earlier made calls to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron in a bid to break the negotiating stalemate, but last night‘s dinner ended with “both sides issuing a statement that entrenched their previous stances”, says The Irish Times.(…)
Both the UK and EU had originally aimed to use Thursday‘s summit meeting to announce that “sufficient progress” had been made in negotiations to allow discussion of trade and transition arrangements. However, says Bloomberg, that the latest draft of the summit conclusions on Brexit suggests that now won‘t happen.