Boris Johnson will go to Brussels to kind 'variations' over Brexit

Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen spoke on the phone this evening

Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen spoke on the cellphone this night (Image: Getty Photographs)

Boris Johnson and the European Fee president have requested their negotiators to ‘put together an summary of the remaining variations’ after talking for greater than 90 minutes on the cellphone.

In a joint assertion, the Prime Minister and Ursula von der Leyen mentioned they’d ‘taken inventory of the continued negotiations’ and agreed that ‘important variations’ on governance, fisheries and a stage taking part in discipline stay between them.

They then confirmed that they might work collectively in individual to try to resolve the problems. They mentioned: ‘We requested our chief negotiators and their groups to arrange an summary of the remaining variations to be mentioned in a bodily assembly in Brussels within the coming days.’

The extent taking part in discipline refers back to the extent to which the UK will observe EU guidelines following Brexit, whereas governance includes how the 2 events will implement any deal and resolve disputes.

Fishing, which has lengthy been a sticking problem between the 2, pertains to the UK’s demand that fisherman have the appropriate to all fish in its waters. In distinction, the EU needs entry for its boats in a quota system, which shares fish amongst member states.

Johnson and von der Leyen started their second cellphone name in little over 48 hours at 4pm this night, earlier than taking a brief break round 5pm. They’re thought to have spoken for round 90 minutes altogether.

Boris Johnson on the phone at Downing Street

The Prime Minister will journey to Brussels (Image: Downing Road)

epa08815520 British fishing trawler 'Sajenn' NN444 seen fishing in the English Channel, off the south coast of Newhaven, East Sussex, Britain, 10 November 2020 (issued 12 November 2020). Skipper of the wooden-hulled vessel About Time Neil Witney, has been fishing in the English Channel since the mid-1980s and has watched the local industry shrink over the decades. Like many in the trade, he sees Brexit as an opportunity to revive the sector. 'Hopefully at the end of the year we can get some sort of deal, get our waters back, get control of our quota and then hopefully rebuild our industry and the rest of the maritime industry that goes with it,' he said. Fishing has become a major sticking point in the Brexit negotiations. An agreement on the issue is a prerequisite for a future trade deal between the UK and the European Union which, in theory, should be in place by end of the year. Under the current common fisheries policy, EU vessels have access to fishing grounds in the Exclusive Economic Zones of other member states, although quotas on hauls are negotiated every year. Once outside the EU, the UK will have full control over its EEZ, which stretches 200 nautical miles into the North Atlantic. But while Brussels and London pore over the details of a future deal, Witney cracks on with his job. Fishing from small trawlers is extremely weather dependent and he estimates that he is able to head out on between 150 to 180 days per year. Each time, he aims to make two catches, which means his shift can last up to 14 hours. On a typical day, he expects to catch around 30 different species of fish which, subject to quotas and marketability, will all be kept. 'We used to be able to fish for sprats, herrings, mackerel here but this year we've seen a lot of tuna, but we've got no quota for tuna or horse mackerel and we've lost all the market for things like sprats so at the moment it's almost uneconomical to go fishing. Hopefully things will change for the better in the new y

Fishing stays one of many three essential sticking factors for either side (Image: EPA)

Earlier at present the PM’s spokesperson mentioned he was ready to proceed talks for ‘so long as we’ve time obtainable’, but in addition admitted time was in ‘very quick provide’. There are actually simply over three weeks till the top of the transition interval.

A Downing Road supply mentioned Johnson’s journey to Brussels didn’t imply a deal was assured. They instructed The Guardian there had been ‘no tangible progress’ in negotiations.

They went on: ‘It’s clear this should now proceed politically. While we don’t think about this course of to be closed, issues are trying very tough and there’s each probability we’re not going to get there.’

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