In all "objectivity, at the moment of speaking, we are not at the point of considering a deal" on an orderly exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union. It is this very clear message that the EU's chief negotiator on Brexit, Michel Barnier, sent on Wednesday 9 October to MEPs meeting in mini plenary session and to the UK government.
According to Mr Barnier, the proposals, which the British Government tabled at the beginning of October as an alternative solution to the backstop agreed...