An extra summit will be held on 17 and 18 November only if the Brexit negotiations with London are not concluded at the next European summit on 18 and 19 October. This is the timetable set by the Twenty-Seven in Salzburg on Thursday 20 September.
This timetable is based on the premise that by then, London will have provided the EU with all assurances on the question of the backstop to avoid a return to a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and improved its...