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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12399

9 January 2020
INSTITUTIONAL / United kingdom
Without an extension of post-Brexit transition period after 2020, EU and London will not be able to finalise their entire future relationship, according to Ms von der Leyen
Brussels/Zagreb, 08/01/2020 (Agence Europe)

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, again warned British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday 8 January in London about the very short timeframe – 11 months – that London and the European Union will have from February onwards to negotiate their post-Brexit strategic relationship.

Ms von der Leyen stressed the need to “prioritise” the areas that can be agreed, in a speech at the London School of Economics (LSE). In this window of barely...

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