When Is a Deadline Not a Deadline? When It’s a Brexit Deadline
- Both sides have tried to use time pressure to win concessions
- But neither can agree when they will run out of time for real
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Boris Johnson told the European Union in June it needed to strike a trade deal before the end of the summer. Five months later, they are still talking.
That was just one of many deadlines that have come and gone as the U.K. and EU struggle to reach an agreement over their post-Brexit relationship. Even now, with just six weeks remaining before Britain leaves the bloc’s single market, negotiators are still trying to work out when they will genuinely be out of time.