THE EU has been ordered to “grow up” and strike a last ditch Brexit trade deal.
Robert Jenrick, the Housing Secretary, said the EU must show more “respect” and “maturity” if an agreement is to be reached that can be ratified before the looming December 31 deadline.
A planned meeting between the UK’s chief Brexit negotiator David Frost and his EU counterpart Michel Barnier has been downgraded to a phone call after Boris Johnson warned the UK to prepare for no deal last week.
Speaking this morning Jenrick said Brussels hadn’t “shown the flexibility and respect” expected when one sovereign nation negotiates with another.
“It would be sensible for them to go the extra mile, to come closer to us on the points that remain. They haven’t done so yet,” he said, before adding the “the door is still ajar” for a deal to be struck.
The news comes as a new ‘no deal’ publicity campaign entitled “Time is running out” was launched, with HMRC writing to 200,000 firms to set out new customs and tax rules coming into force.
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