20.11.2017 | How Angela Merkel's coalition crisis could disrupt Brexit bill talks
Source - The Telegraph
The unexpected breakdown in coalition talks in Berlin - and the sudden question marks it raises over the future of Angela Merkel - could hardly have come at more delicate moment in the Brexit negotiations.
The news breaks on the very day that the seven-member Brexit cabinet committee on the negotiations - EUXT(N) in Whitehall jargon - is meeting to decide a crucial and politically sensitive next step about the so-called ‘Brexit bill’.
On the table in London is the ticklish question of how much to increase Theresa May’s ?20 billion offer to Europe, ahead of the European Council meeting on December 14-15 in order to win ‘sufficient progress’ and start trade talks in the New Year.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/20/analysis-angela-merkels-coalition-crisis-could-disrupt-brexit/
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