With talks said to be on a ‘precipice’, PM spells out UK position to Ursula von der Leyen at Brussels meeting
Boris Johnson set out red lines for the final days of the Brexit negotiations at a dinner in Brussels with Ursula von der Leyen – but made his case that a deal was still possible even as Europe prepared for the worst.
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Flanked by his chief negotiator and senior aides, the prime minister told the European commission president and the bloc’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, that he could not accept terms in a treaty that would tie Britain to EU rules.