Brexit negotiators have all but abandoned an October deadline to conclude the first phase of talks, unless the UK changes its position on a financial settlement.
The British side has refused to come forward with a position paper on money, spending the second round of Brexit talks last week - the most substantive round following a one-day meeting in June - “interrogating” the EU on its text(see EUROPE 11834). The approach frustrated the EU’s lead Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, who...