Patrick Smyth: Mixed signals from Brussels on the border

There was confusion after last week’s summit about whether sufficient progress had been made

Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 04:11

Patrick Smyth

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker: in some eyes, achievements are being made on the road to Brexit. Photograph: Dario Pignatelli/Reuters

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker: in some eyes, achievements are being made on the road to Brexit. Photograph: Dario Pignatelli/Reuters

When John Campbell came across the European Commission’s new explanatory Brexit “fact sheet” he did a double take.

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