Correspondent in Brussels
At least they will have recognized their disagreements. British and European negotiators had four days to measure, face-to-face, the extent of the gap between them on their respective vision of the future relationship between the EU and the United Kingdom. On Thursday, at the end of the very first round of negotiations which was held in Brussels, Michel Barnier drew up an alarmist observation. "To be quite frank, there are a lot of differences and very serious differences," admitted the chief negotiator for the EU, speaking of "constructive" talks, however . Same position on the part of the British government.
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Admittedly, the two parties were able to find points of agreement - civil nuclear, participation in certain EU programs, etc. But the differences are such that they have overshadowed them. These disagreements relate to four main areas: fair competition rules, the roles of the EU Court of Justice and the European Court of Rights
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