Merkel Sees Progress but No Breakthrough in Brexit Talks
Wednesday 16/December/2020 - 07:39 PM
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said
there appeared to be progress in the talks on post-Brexit trade, adding that
negotiations would continue until the end of the week.
"There has been progress but no breakthrough
yet," Merkel told German lawmakers in Berlin.
The European Commission and Britain will keep
talking "until the end of this week to see if a solution can still be found",
she said.
Merkel, who is not directly participating in the
talks but whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said she maintained
that "a deal would be better than no deal".
"But we are prepared for the latter," she
added.
