The UK and EU governments are upbeat that a Brexit deal can be done in the next few weeks. But the European Commission is more hesitant, with talks on the Irish border still ongoing.
A Commission spokesperson this week corrected press reports that a deal was "within reach". The reports were the result of an apparent misinterpretation of remarks by EU lead negotiator Michel Barnier, who said (in the original French) that the "objective" was to have a deal "within reach" by next week’s...