European Council President Donald Tusk said that “we have received optimistic messages that there could be a deal” on Brexit. However, he remained cautious that latest round of Brexit talks carried no guarantee of success. He added that he might announce that a deal was impossible at October 17-18 summit, unless UK came up with a workable solution. today. Time was “practically up”.
Separately, UK Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay and EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier me at the EU Commission’s Berlaymont headquarters in Brussels today. It’s unclear what UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar have agreed yesterday. But it’s believed that if Barclay could delivery details of some workable solution, intense discussion could continue during the week, to pave the way for a deal next week.
