Brexit's First Big Test
Has Britain made enough progress on EU demands to move Brexit talks to the next phase?
A key deadline is looming for Brexit Britain. The British government has until Monday, December 4th, to finalise its offer on three key issues: the Irish border, a financial settlement and European citizens rights. The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said clarity on the British offer had to be provided in advance of the EU leaders' summit in December. The EU's 27 members will then decide whether "sufficient progress" has been made to move the talks on to the next phase about a future trading relationship. So has Britain's offer gone far enough? What sticking points remain? And would Britain walk away from the talks if its position is rejected? Owen Bennett Jones and a panel of guest discuss the state of the Brexit negotiations. What will it take for them to advance - and what happens if they do not?
(Photo of EU/UK flag pin by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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Crispin BluntΒ - MP, former Chairman of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee
Radek SikorskiΒ - former Foreign Minister of Poland
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Elmar BrokΒ - member of the European Parliament's Brexit Steering Committee
Audrey CarvilleΒ - Journalist at Ireland's state broadcaster RTE
Jakub KrupaΒ - Polish community in the UK
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- Fri 1 Dec 2017 00:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Australasia, Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview & Europe and the Middle East only
- Fri 1 Dec 2017 09:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
- Fri 1 Dec 2017 18:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Australasia
- Fri 1 Dec 2017 23:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service East and Southern Africa, South Asia, West and Central Africa & East Asia only
- Sat 2 Dec 2017 04:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except Australasia & News Internet
- Sat 2 Dec 2017 12:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
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