UK not expected to agree financial settlement figure until the close of Brexit negotiationsPress Association reports that the UK will not agree a final figure on its financial settlement to the EU until near the close of negotiations in March 2019, and will seek to maintain flexibility on the sum until then. However, “sufficient progress” should be made on the method of calculation in order for talks to advance to a future trade deal.
Elsewhere, Politico reports that the UK is not planning to release an estimate of its financial obligations to the EU this week, despite warnings from EU diplomats …read more
Source: Open Europe
