Re: Things Hotting up in Brussels
Originally Posted by
swimfeeders
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Hi
The one keeping pushing back the declared deadlines is Boris.
He has backed down on every deadline he has set.
This is not a good negotiating position, it makes us look weak,
You must either watch or read completely different things to the rest of us if you think that.
Barnier gave a deadline of 9th December.
THEN he said on Monday that
"the next few days are important if a deal is to be in place".
Today he's said that there are just hours left.
Do you really think that will be true, or can you see the talks continuing?
All Monsewer Barmier you will note - NOT Boris.
We're in the end game and it is the EU that keep moving their own deadline - and now their own Parliament is disagreeing with their Commission so desperate are they to avoid being the ones to quit first.
You're absolutely right however in that it's not a good negotiating position and that it gives an appearance of weakness - but it's the EU looking like fools and certainly not the UK.
As you can see from the posts in here, we're loving the EU's obvious discomfort too.