LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will maintain face-to-face talks with European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday as the 2 sides crawl towards a deal to resolve post-Brexit commerce points in Northern Eire.
The pair launched a joint assertion on Sunday asserting plans for the U.Okay.-based assembly.
“At this time, President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister of the UK Rishi Sunak agreed to proceed their work in particular person in the direction of shared, sensible options for the vary of complicated challenges across the Protocol on Eire and Northern Eire,” the assertion mentioned.
MPs have been informed final week that they should be in parliament on Monday, elevating the prospect a deal between London and Brussels could possibly be imminent. Downing Road has continued to insist over the weekend {that a} deal has not but been agreed.
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab informed Sky Information on Sunday morning that he hoped an announcement may are available a “matter of days” after Sunak used an interview in the Sunday Times to insist he was “giving it every thing we’ve bought” to safe a deal with Brussels, and that he was hopeful of a “optimistic consequence.”
Sunak held talks final week together with his personal MPs and members of the Democratic Unionist Social gathering, who’ve block the formation of a devolved power-sharing authorities in protest on the so-called Northern Eire protocol preparations.
