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Brexit ‘deal is done’ claims reporter as senior EU diplomat says it is ‘imminent’

Ambassadors told to be available for Christmas Eve meeting in case of agreement in next few hours.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2020-12-23 15:07
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A number of breaking comments over the Brexit deal, have emerged in the last hour, with one reporter claiming ‘the deal is done.’

It is “possible but far from certain” that a post-Brexit trade deal could be agreed with Brussels on Wednesday, a Downing Street source told PA.

Government sources confirmed last night that the PM set up a ‘hotline’ to Ursula von der Leyen as the two sides try to sign off a Brexit deal before Christmas Day.

At 3pm today (Wednesday) Political Correspondent at Sky News Joe Pike Tweeted: “BREAKING: No 10 source: ‘The deal is done’.”

BREAKING: No 10 source: ‘The deal is done’.#Brexit

— Joe Pike (@joepike) December 23, 2020

However, it might not be quite there.

He followed that Tweet with a less enthusiastic source.

He Tweeted: “However other senior No 10 sources far more cautious: ‘We’re still talking’.”

However other senior No 10 sources far more cautious: ‘We’re still talking’.

— Joe Pike (@joepike) December 23, 2020

From the European side a Brexit trade deal is “imminent” and could be approved by negotiators as early as today or tomorrow, according to a senior EU diplomat. Reuters reported the diplomat spoke on the condition of anonymity.

EU member states have also been told by the European Commission that they may be summoned to a meeting tomorrow to approve any accord, if one is struck today. 

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Laura Kuenssberg also warned that it nearly there but not fully signed off. She Tweeted: “David Frost and EU’s Steph Riso are still in negotiating room in Brussels – deal is NOT finalised – seems very likely it’s heading that way tonight but not signed and sealed.”

David Frost and EU’s Steph Riso are still in negotiating room in Brussels – deal is NOT finalised – seems very likely it’s heading that way tonight but not signed and sealed

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) December 23, 2020

Tony Connelly from RTE Tweeted: “EU sources have said a Brexit deal could be reached in the next 24 hours. “There is an air of optimism,” one EU diplomat told @rtenews. “The final touches are between [European Commission president Ursula] Von der Leyen and Boris [Johnson, the British prime minister].”

EU sources have said a Brexit deal could be reached in the next 24 hours.

“There is an air of optimism,” one EU diplomat told @rtenews. “The final touches are between [European Commission president Ursula] Von der Leyen and Boris [Johnson, the British prime minister].”

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) December 23, 2020

2/ The source said the Commission president was in touch with EU leaders.

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) December 23, 2020

3/ “There’s a very strong push to get it done before Christmas. The idea that everyone comes back again on Sunday or Monday to start again… that will happen if necessary but there does seem to be a strong push to get it done before Christmas,” the diplomat said.

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) December 23, 2020

4/ It’s understood fisheries remains the final outstanding offer. The EU appears to be sticking to the most recent offer of a 25pc transfer of the value of fish caught by EU boats in UK waters to British fishermen.

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) December 23, 2020

5/ It's understood member states officials have already begun drafting legal texts which will allow for the formal acceptance by capitals of any deal, should agreement be reached

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) December 23, 2020

Sterling extended gains on Wednesday, rising above $1.35, after Reuters reported the EU was preparing for the provisional application of a UK trade deal and member states had been informed of a meeting on Thursday should a deal be finalised.

This potential movement on the deal comes as Christmas was earlier today announced to be the new deadline for officials to avoid no-deal, amid warnings from the EU that an agreement must be signed before the festive break to be pushed though by the end of the transition.

Earlier, the European Parliament’s former Brexit co-ordinator, Guy Verhofstadt, said the queues of lorries in Kent are a sign of things to come.

France closed its border with the UK as a result of the new strain of coronavirus that is spreading rapidly across London and the South East.

In a tweet, Mr Verhofstadt said: “We forgot what borders look like. Some thought they would remain open with or without the EU. They will now start to understand what leaving the EU really means.”

Asked whether there is a link between French President Emmanuel Macron’s action to shut the border with France and the Brexit negotiations, Mr Jenrick said: “I hope not.”

Related: Brexit ‘tragedy’ stopped UK accessing ‘€30-50bn’ of EU pandemic aid

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