EU Leaders Urged to Step Up Preparations for No-Deal Brexit
- French, Belgian and Dutch leaders call on EU to make plans
- Warning comes as virus forces negotiators to suspend talks
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks in Paris on Nov. 17.
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The leaders of France, Belgium and the Netherlands urged the European Union to step up preparations for a no-deal Brexit at the end of the year in case negotiations with the U.K. fail to yield a last-minute breakthrough.
At a virtual summit of EU leaders Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte all called on the bloc to make contingency plans in case talks to sign a trade and security agreement fail.