VIENNA: The European Union and Britain will reach a deal on Brexit in November if they don't accomplish that this month, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker told Austrian newspapers.
Juncker, whose optimism was echoed on Saturday through European Council President Donald Tusk, stated that the possibility of a rapprochement had grown in fresh days, confirming what diplomatic sources have told Reuters.
EU Brexit negotiators consider a handle Britain on leaving the bloc is "very close", the sources stated, in an indication a compromise on a major sticking point - the long run Irish border - could be within the making.
"We are not there yet. But our will to reach an understanding with the British government is unbroken," Juncker was quoted as announcing through Der Standard and Kurier and Der Falter.
EU Brexit negotiators told ambassadors of the 27 states final within the bloc on Friday that there was no step forward on the Irish factor and much would rely on what the British deliver to Brussels next week.
Britain is due to go away the EU in March, but talks on managing the exceptional cut up have been stalled over variations on the best way to avoid border exams between EU-member Ireland and Britain's province of Northern Ireland.
"We have to get away from this no-deal scenario. It wouldn’t be good for Britain or for the rest of the (European) Union," Juncker was quoted as announcing.
Britain's Brexit ministry stated on Friday that the country's integrity would be preserved as a part of any deal and that there would be no new regulatory obstacles between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK until the province's govt agree.
"We will continue to work at pace to conclude these negotiations in the autumn," a British executive spokesperson stated on Saturday.
Withdrawal treaty
Britain and the EU are seeking to push for the divorce deal, in addition to an settlement on post-Brexit members of the family, in time for 2 leaders' summits scheduled for Oct. 17-18 and Nov. 17-18.
"My assumption is that we will reach an accord which will achieve the conditions of the withdrawal treaty," Juncker stated, adding that it was now not imaginable to expect whether or not there can be a conclusion to the Brexit negotiations in October.
"If not, then we will do it in November."
Tusk additionally stated it was imaginable to agree a handle Britain on leaving the European Union through the tip of 2018.
"I have hope close to certainty that we will manage to reach an agreement both on exit and on best possible future relations ... I hope that it will be possible to avoid major losses on both sides," he stated on the sidelines of a conference in Krakow, Poland.
"We will try for it in October ... and I think there is a chance to have an accord by the end of the year," he added.
Juncker told the Austrian papers that a political declaration on long term members of the family between Britain and its former European partners was needed to accompany the Brexit deal.
"You can't absolutely keep separate the withdrawal treaty and the declaration of the future relationship between the United Kingdom and Europe," he stated.
Juncker, whose optimism was echoed on Saturday through European Council President Donald Tusk, stated that the possibility of a rapprochement had grown in fresh days, confirming what diplomatic sources have told Reuters.
EU Brexit negotiators consider a handle Britain on leaving the bloc is "very close", the sources stated, in an indication a compromise on a major sticking point - the long run Irish border - could be within the making.
"We are not there yet. But our will to reach an understanding with the British government is unbroken," Juncker was quoted as announcing through Der Standard and Kurier and Der Falter.
EU Brexit negotiators told ambassadors of the 27 states final within the bloc on Friday that there was no step forward on the Irish factor and much would rely on what the British deliver to Brussels next week.
Britain is due to go away the EU in March, but talks on managing the exceptional cut up have been stalled over variations on the best way to avoid border exams between EU-member Ireland and Britain's province of Northern Ireland.
"We have to get away from this no-deal scenario. It wouldn’t be good for Britain or for the rest of the (European) Union," Juncker was quoted as announcing.
Britain's Brexit ministry stated on Friday that the country's integrity would be preserved as a part of any deal and that there would be no new regulatory obstacles between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK until the province's govt agree.
"We will continue to work at pace to conclude these negotiations in the autumn," a British executive spokesperson stated on Saturday.
Withdrawal treaty
Britain and the EU are seeking to push for the divorce deal, in addition to an settlement on post-Brexit members of the family, in time for 2 leaders' summits scheduled for Oct. 17-18 and Nov. 17-18.
"My assumption is that we will reach an accord which will achieve the conditions of the withdrawal treaty," Juncker stated, adding that it was now not imaginable to expect whether or not there can be a conclusion to the Brexit negotiations in October.
"If not, then we will do it in November."
Tusk additionally stated it was imaginable to agree a handle Britain on leaving the European Union through the tip of 2018.
"I have hope close to certainty that we will manage to reach an agreement both on exit and on best possible future relations ... I hope that it will be possible to avoid major losses on both sides," he stated on the sidelines of a conference in Krakow, Poland.
"We will try for it in October ... and I think there is a chance to have an accord by the end of the year," he added.
Juncker told the Austrian papers that a political declaration on long term members of the family between Britain and its former European partners was needed to accompany the Brexit deal.
"You can't absolutely keep separate the withdrawal treaty and the declaration of the future relationship between the United Kingdom and Europe," he stated.
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