[London / Brussels 14th Reuters]-There is growing uncertainty over whether the UK and the European Union can reach an agreement by the end of the month.
Finnish Prime Minister Rinne, who serves as the EU presidency, said on the 14th that the agreement with the UK would still take time, and that it was unlikely to reach a full agreement within the week.
Rinne said, “There is no time to find an agreement on practical and legitimate measures before the EU summit,” he said, “We need more time. We need to negotiate with the EU summit.” It was.
The UK and the EU intensively discussed on weekends to avoid unrequited withdrawal. However, both sides recognize that there is much to be done to achieve the agreement.
The EU diplomat told Reuters that we are not so optimistic about the EU's withdrawal agreement.
On the same day in the UK, Queen Elizabeth gave a “Queen's speech” at the opening of the new session of the British Parliament and read the administration policy of Prime Minister Johnson.
Queen Elizabeth stressed that “it is the UK government's priority to leave the EU on October 31”. The British government announced that it would “take a new relationship with the EU” over free trade.
Prime Minister Johnson also called in Congress that "We can't wait.
As uncertainty about the withdrawal agreement rises again, in the foreign exchange market, the pound fell by about 1% against the dollar <GBP = D3> and the euro <EURGBP = D3>.
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