By Lisa O’Carroll Brexit correspondent
EU commission chief questions Johnson’s timeframe as she arrives for Downing Street talks
The president of the European commission has said it will be “impossible” for the UK to negotiate a comprehensive deal covering all aspects of Brexit within the timeframe set by Boris Johnson.
Speaking before her first face-to-face bilateral meeting with the prime minister in Downing Street on Wednesday, Ursula von der Leyen said the price of the clean-break Brexit the prime minister is pursuing was a “distant” partnership with the EU.
Source: Ursula von der Leyen: UK deadline makes full Brexit deal impossible
