The European Union’s negotiator for the negotiations on the future relationship with the United Kingdom, Michel Barnier, regretted on Friday 5 June that the round of bilateral negotiations, held from 2 to 5 June, had resulted in meagre progress. An agreement on fisheries before July, in particular, seems out of reach.
This observation was shared by his British counterpart. David Frost spoke of “limited progress” and considered that the videoconference negotiations had reached...