Progress in negotiations on the money Britain owes the EU when it withdraws from it in March 2019 is crucial for European leaders to allow discussions on future trade relations with the country in December, its chief negotiator said today. EU.
"It is absolutely vital that we make enough progress in December," Barnier told a joint news conference with British Brexit Secretary David Davis after the sixth round of talks. "It is simply a matter of settling finances, as in any divorce," Barnier said, adding that progress in talks on Britain's financial obligations would have to be made by early December to be included in the European leaders' meeting on 14. December 15.