German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Brussels to plan for a Brexit no-deal with the UK today. A deadline for extending the 11-month transition has passed – piling pressure on negotiators to strike an agreement.
Officials have until December 31 to secure a trade pact, with Britain due to leave the EU single market and customs union in less than six months.
Mrs Merkel warned the German parliament the bloc "must and should prepare for a situation in which an agreement does not happen".
She added: “The progress made during the negotiations have been, to put it mildly, minimal. “With Great Britain, we have agreed to speed up these negotiations to be able to agree on a deal in autumn, which would then also need to be ratified until the end of
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