Ahead of the European Council (10-11 December 2020) Renew (RE) leaders meet at the Palais d'Egmont, in Brussels. Arrivals and statements regarding the EU-UK negotiation and the EU budget.

Brussels

Brexit (T)

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EU - United Kingdom (T)

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JOUROVÁ, Věra (EC)

MACRON, Emmanuel (FR)

MICHEL, Charles (BE)

BETTEL, Xavier (LU)

RUTTE, Mark

REYNDERS, Didier (BE, EC)

CIOLOŞ, Dacian (Renew, RO)

MARTIN, Micheál (IE)

Renew Europe

negotiations on future EU-UK relations (T)

European Council meeting 10-11 December 2020 (T)

RE Leaders meet ahead of the European Council (10-11 December 2020): arrivals and statements regarding the EU-UK negotiation and the EU budget

Title: RE Leaders meet ahead of the European Council (10-11 December 2020): arrivals and statements regarding the EU-UK negotiation and the EU budget

SOUNDBITE (English), Dacian CIOLO&#350; (RE, RO), RE Group Leader, We want to have an agreement with UK but not at any price and the time is running. It is a question of days to decide weather we can have an agreement or not. The European Parliament needs time to scrutinize the text if we will have an agreement in order to be able to endorse this agreemnt by the end of the year.

Arrival of Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic

Arrival of Miche&aacute;l MARTIN, Irish Prime Minister

SOUNDBITE (English), Miche&#225;l MARTIN, Irish Prime Minister, I think it is going to be very difficult, it is going to be very challanging. I think it is very important that both sides work very hard to achieve an agreement beacause it is in the interest of all our citizens in Europe and the United Kingdom. From the Irish perspective we want a sustainable trading relationship in the future.

Arrival of Xavier BETTEL, Luxembourgish Prime Minister

Arrival of Věra JOUROVA, European Commissioner for Values and Transparency

SOUNDBITE (English), Xavier BETTEL, Luxembourgish Prime Minister, <p>I still hope that we will find a solution but it is 50/50. I think that Europe and the United Kingdom are now on both sides but the fact is that I prefer a No deal than a bad deal. We have to have a deal where we are all able to get the guarantees and that we find a proper way to get our of this situation. Divorces are never easy.</p>

Arrival of Mark RUTTE, Dutch Prime Minister

Handshake between Xavier BETTEL, Luxembourgish Prime Minister and Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice

SOUNDBITE (French), Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice, Il faut surtout maintenir le mechanisme de conditionalit&eacute; intact. Il faut que la Commission puisse exercer son r&ocirc;le de v&eacute;rifier que l'&eacute;tat de droit est respect&eacute; dans l'ensemble des pays de l'Union. Donc le point principal c'est de maintenir ce mechanisme intact apres si on peut d&eacute;bloquer le budget c'est la meilleure des choses pour qu'on puisse aussi avancer dans les plans de relance.

Arrival of Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council