U.K. Pins Brexit Hopes on EU Leaders Reluctant to Help Out
- EU27 maintains unified stance that U.K. must agree to bill
- Barnier said on Thursday that talks reached a deadlock
Barnier Says Brexit Talks Have Reached 'Deadlock'
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Brexit talks are deadlocked with the U.K. side hoping European leaders will throw Prime Minister Theresa May a bone at a summit next week. It’s likely to be disappointed.
There is little appetite to make any concessions for the sake of an embattled May, even at the risk she is toppled and is succeeded by a hardliner. That is the assessment of a top European official, speaking on condition of anonymity about the thinking in a major capital.