RUSSELS: The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has opened the potential for extending the one-year transition duration so to unblock talks stalled on the thorny factor of the Irish border, EU diplomats mentioned on Thursday.
Barnier told European affairs ministers on Wednesday "that one of the options was to extend the transitional phase by one year (to 2021)" in an effort to achieve more time to negotiate business deal, EU diplomats told AFP.
The be offering was once revealed on the day British Prime Minister Theresa May is to fulfill her 27 EU opposite numbers in Brussels to speak about the talks which can be at an impasse.
Barnier told European affairs ministers on Wednesday "that one of the options was to extend the transitional phase by one year (to 2021)" in an effort to achieve more time to negotiate business deal, EU diplomats told AFP.
The be offering was once revealed on the day British Prime Minister Theresa May is to fulfill her 27 EU opposite numbers in Brussels to speak about the talks which can be at an impasse.
Barnier offers to extend Brexit transition by a year: Diplomats
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