Leo Varadkar signals expectation of Brexit breakthrough
Brussels believes December summit may decide trade talks phase can begin
Speaking in the Dáil Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said it is 'likely' that EU leaders will give the go-ahead for Brexit talks to proceed to the next phase, focussing on trade, at their next meeting in December.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has indicated he expects a breakthrough in the negotiations between the EU and the UK in the coming weeks, enabling EU leaders to give the go-ahead for the next phase of talks on future trading relationships to begin after Christmas.
Speaking in the Dáil yesterday, Mr Varadkar said he was “more optimistic than I was in the weeks before the October summit” when EU leaders decided that sufficient progress had not been made to allow the talks to move to trade issues, as the UK wanted.