#POLITICO » Feed alternate UK government scientists tell Boris Johnson
   to close schools in January EU ambassadors approve post-Brexit trade
   deal alternate

--
     * Policy Areas
          + Agriculture and Food
          + Brexit Transition
          + Competition and Industrial Policy
          + Cybersecurity and Data Protection
--
   Hot Topics
     * Coronavirus in Europe
     * Brexit
     * U.S. Transition
     * Brussels Playbook
     * London Playbook

Brexit will discourage others from leaving the EU, Barnier says

   ‘There are true differences between a member country and a third
   country,’ according to EU’s chief Brexit negotiator.
   EU and UK agree on a Brexit trade deal
   The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier | Pool photo by
   Francisco Seco/EFE via EPA
   By Giorgio Leali
--
     * Print

   Brexit negotiations have convinced politicians and voters from other EU
   countries that leaving the bloc is not a good idea, according to the
   EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.

   "These negotiations have reinforced the conviction of leaders and
--
   differences between a member country and a third country! We will see
   it pretty soon," he added, while calling on the EU to "draw lessons
   from Brexit" and take closer heed of citizens' concerns.

   The EU and the U.K. concluded a post-Brexit trade deal last week, just
   in time to avoid a cliff-edge Brexit at the end of the transition
   period on December 31.

   European diplomats are meeting today and are expected to agree to
   approve the Brexit deal provisionally “by written procedure,” one EU
   diplomat told POLITICO. The European Parliament’s U.K. Coordination
   Group is also meeting today to discuss the way forward. Parliament
--
     *

4 EU should stop speaking ‘broken English’ after Brexit, says French minister
       January 12, 2021 7:18 pm
     *
--
Next up

   UK refused deal on post-Brexit travel for musicians, says Barnier

UK refused deal on post-Brexit travel for musicians, says Barnier

   January 15, 2021 2:43 pm
--
   January 15, 2021 10:22 am
   By Merlin Sugue
   UK minister denies post-Brexit plan to weaken workers’ rights

UK minister denies post-Brexit plan to weaken workers’ rights

   January 15, 2021 10:10 am
   By William Adkins
   Related Tags
   Brexit Business and competition Competition/antitrust Fisheries
   Negotiations Trade Trade Agreements
   Related Countries
--
     * Policy Areas
          + Agriculture and Food
          + Brexit Transition
          + Competition and Industrial Policy
          + Cybersecurity and Data Protection