Parks: On the cusp of a crucial month of negotiations on a post-Brexit trade deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom, France has lambasted the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson for what it sees as deliberate stalling and for harboring unreasonable expectations.
The 27-nation EU and the UK remain deadlocked in their talks on future trade ties after a transitional divorce period ends on 31 December. That has raised concerns that no agreement will be in place in time and that tariffs and other impediments to trade will have to be enacted at the start of next year.
Negotiations are not advancing, because of the intransigent and unrealistic attitude of the United Kingdom, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told his nation’s ambassadors in Paris on Monday.