I've posted before articles from El Cofidencial, a conservative online website news from Spain, regarding Brexit. There is another article
as we are getting close to the British deadline. As usual, the translation is by Google.
Agreement at the end of the month or chaotic Brexit: the EU already has its "deadline"
The three issues that remain pending in the negotiation are the governance of the agreement, the 'level-playing field' that guarantees a level playing field, and lastly fishing
Nobody takes the deadline of October 15 too seriously, initially set by Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister, coinciding with the European Council that is being held this week in Brussels. But there is not much more time to negotiate. Michel Barnier, chief negotiator of the European Commission, communicated this Tuesday to the ministers and secretaries of State for European Affairs meeting in Luxembourg that the negotiation could be extended, at most, until the end of October or the first days of November.
"There have been previous ultimatums , this is not the first, but it will be the last, " said Juan González Barba, Spanish Secretary of State for European Affairs. "What the chief negotiator has transferred to us is that this time there is a definitive deadline set by the calendar," he explained to the media after the end of the General Affairs Council in which other points on the agenda were also addressed. European Union, such as the rule of law situation or the approval of common color codes for travel restrictions due to the coronavirus.
The three issues that remain pending in the negotiation are the governance of the agreement, the 'level-playing field' that guarantees equal conditions, and finally fishing , with a group of Member States that want to retain the rights of access to waters British. Although some progress has been made in the various areas , understanding is still a long way off.
In addition, the European negotiator has already announced to the Council on Tuesday that "both parties will have to make concessions . " "It is not a flexibilization of the mandate, but it warns us that not everything that has been entrusted to it will be able to be achieved in these negotiations, " explained González Barba. The British and European teams hold negotiations this week, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission , and Boris Johnson, British prime minister, will have a telephone conversation this Wednesday.
The first days of November are the European deadline because only if an agreement is reached at that time will it be possible to complete the entire translation and ratification process, with the agreement having to go through the hands of the European Parliament , which must approve it.