Sweden Denmark: Council Meeting and Telephone Conversations

sweden denmark: Mr Johnson will hold telephone conversations with the leaders of Poland, Sweden and Denmark on Monday but there is nothing in the diary at the moment for him to travel to the Continent this week, Downing Street confirmed, according to The Independent. French President Emmanuel Macron upped the ante by saying the workings of a deal must be in place by Friday for any movement on a deal to be made at the Council meeting in less than a fortnight's time. With only 10 days left until the crunch European Council meeting on October 17, the Prime Minister has been left in the cold by the EU27 following the publication of his proposals for a deal last week. But Downing Street said the imposition of such a deadline was not helpful and called on the EU to match the compromises made by the UK. I don't think it is helpful for me to talk in those terms, said the Prime Minister's spokesman, when asked about talk of a Friday deadline being imposed by the Elysee Palace. He added We are ready to talk with the EU at a pace to secure a deal so we can move on and build a new partnership between the UK and EU. But if this is to be possible then the EU must match the compromises that the UK has made. The Prime Minister has been the first to set out we are under time pressure if we are going to leave the EU with a deal. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.