U.K. and EU to Step Up Brexit Talks as Parliament Showdown Looms

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(Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit team will meet with European Union officials at least twice a week in September as he seeks to break the current impasse and ward off a rebellion in his own party against a no-deal divorce.

Johnson’s top Brexit negotiator, David Frost, asked the EU to intensify talks at a meeting with European Commission officials in Brussels on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Commission said.

But both sides appeared to play down the chance of an imminent breakthrough. They “remain some distance apart on key issues,” Johnson’s office said in a statement. The EU said it is still awaiting “concrete proposals” from the U.K..

On Thursday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the EU should be “as flexible and positive as possible” in its negotiations over Brexit, should the U.K. come up with “specific suggestions” on how it intends to leave the bloc with a deal.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/uk-and-eu-to-step-up-brexit-talks-as-parliament-showdown-looms/ar-AAGwo7T

[FBaggins]

1. Maybe this is all manufactured brinkmanship to get a deal done

Like waiting for a debt limit to expire before cutting the deal everyone knows will happen (only dozens of times worse)

But it sure doesn't feel that way.

[OnDoutside]

2. I really don't think it is from the EU side.

[triron]

3. I thought I read that Johnson wants to bypass parliament (like Trump ignores congress).