The European Union's negotiator for future relations with the United Kingdom, Michel Barnier, offered assurances on Wednesday 10 June that the EU was "open to compromise", particularly on the issue of fair competition rules ('level playing field'). To do so, London will have to respect the joint political declaration signed last October.
The negotiator, who was speaking to the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), also hoped that the high-level meeting scheduled for June between the...