BREXIT: Britain needs to explain its ideas on way forward if talks are to progress (14th August 19)

The European Commission has said Britain needs to explain its ideas on the way forward for Brexit if talks are to progress. Vanessa Mock, spokeswoman of the European Commission, repeated that there will be no renegotiations on the current Brexit deal.

During today's regular press briefing, Vanessa Mock told journalists:

President (Jean-Claude Juncker) told Prime Minister Johnson on 25 July that we’re available should the United Kingdom wish to hold talks and clarify its position in more detail.

We’re ready to analyse any concrete proposals that are compatible with the withdrawal agreement, and also ready to rework the future relationship as outlined in the political declaration. The UK knows well that our doors remain open to that effect.

But for the talks to progress the UK government needs to explain its ideas on how it sees the way forward, respecting the commitments it took earlier in these negotiations.

Asked if the refusal to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement also holds for any future British government, such as a Labour administration, Mock replied:

Our doors are open to discuss with the UK authorities, I never said anything about refusal, but I won’t go beyond what I said.

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