{"id":45173,"date":"2019-10-06T12:29:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T04:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=45173"},"modified":"2019-10-06T12:29:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T04:29:03","slug":"eu-presses-uk-to-resubmit-brexit-plan-as-end-game-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=45173","title":{"rendered":"EU presses UK to resubmit Brexit plan as end-game looms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BRUSSELS, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
started phoning EU leaders Saturday to sell his proposals for a managed
Brexit, but he met with pressure to revise his offer \u2014 and to do so quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finnish counterpart Antti Rinne \u2014 whose country currently holds the
rotating presidency of the European Union \u2014 said he told Johnson \u201cit is
important to find a solution within a week\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJohnson said he agreed with the timetable,\u201d Rinne added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte tweeted that he had spoken with Johnson by phone and told him \u201cimportant questions remain about the British proposals\u201d and \u201cthere is a lot of work to be done ahead\u201d of a crucial EU summit on Oct 17-18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British leader was expected to call the leaders of other EU countries
in the wake of his proposals being given short shrift by Brussels after they
were submitted Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As they stand, \u201cthe UK proposals do not provide a basis for concluding an
agreement,\u201d a European Commission spokeswoman underlined Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talks Friday between a top UK Brexit official, David Frost, and the EU team
headed by top negotiator Michel Barnier broke up without progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were to resume Monday, despite the UK having been keen for them to
continue through the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson on Saturday called his plan \u201ca practical compromise that gives
ground where necessary\u201d but has also previously suggested it was a broad
\u201clanding zone\u201d \u2014 which to Brussels suggests he might yet budge on issues it
finds unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in identical articles for the Brexit-backing British tabloids the
Sunday Express and the Sun on Sunday, Johnson said the bloc now needed to show \u201cits own willingness to do a deal that the UK Parliament can support\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey should be under no illusions or misapprehensions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere will be no more dither or delay. On October 31 we are going to get
Brexit done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

European diplomats say London needs to offer revised, viable proposals before the end of next week so any haggling and legalistic work is done before the summit, which will determine whether Britain is headed for an agreement, no-deal, or an extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EU refuses to characterise the talks held so far as negotiations,
preferring to resurrect a Brexit withdrawal agreement struck with Johnson\u2019s predecessor Theresa May that has been rejected three times by British MPs. — NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BRUSSELS, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnsonstarted phoning EU leaders Saturday to sell his proposals for a managedBrexit, but he met with pressure to revise his offer \u2014 and to do so quickly. Finnish counterpart Antti Rinne \u2014 whose country currently holds therotating presidency of the European Union \u2014 said he told […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45173"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}