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Boris Johnson, EU leaders to hold Brexit video summit Monday June 15

London and Brussels must decide by July 1 on whether the transition period should be extended. https://www.eudebates.tv/tag/brexit/ EU leaders will confer by videoconference with U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the state of Brexit negotiations on Monday, June 15, EU and U.K. officials said Thursday. #eudebates #Brexit #EuropeanParliament #UnitedKingdom #VoteBrexit #BREXITDeal #NoDeal #BrexitDebate #BrexitChaos #tradeDeal Talks have been virtually deadlocked, and the sides are facing a July 1 deadline by which a decision must be taken on extending the U.K.'s stand-in-place transition period. Johnson and his government have repeatedly insisted they do not want to extend the transition, which ends on December 31. The U.K. had been pushing for a meeting later in June, after EU leaders meet for a virtual summit on June 19. But in the end, they settled for the earlier date preferred by the EU side. A U.K. government spokesperson confirmed the news: “The High Level Meeting between the Prime Minister and [European Commission] President von der Leyen, [European Council] President Michel and [European Parliament] President Sassoli will take place by video conference on the afternoon of Monday 15 June.” They added: “The UK and the EU have agreed an intensified timetable for FTA negotiations in July. This new process will involve a mix of formal negotiating rounds and smaller group meetings, both in London and Brussels assuming public health guidelines enable this. There will be talks each week of the 5 weeks between W/C 29 June and W/C 27 July.” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold talks with top European Union officials on Monday to try to push forward trade discussions after post-Brexit negotiations ended last week with little sign of progress and a new deadline looming. “The High-Level meeting between the EU and U.K. is now confirmed for 15 June,” European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer tweeted Thursday. The EU delegation will include Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel and European Parliament President David Sassoli. In London, Downing Street confirmed the video conference meeting would take place Monday afternoon, and that the sides “have agreed an intensified timetable” for the trade negotiations in July. That would involve “a mix of formal negotiating rounds and smaller group meetings, both in London and Brussels” if coronavirus restrictions permit. The two sides remained at loggerheads over several issues after four days of talks last week, including on regulations for businesses. Their positions on fisheries also remain distant, with the U.K. adamantly opposed to EU demands for long-term access to British waters. The U.K. left the political institutions of the EU on Jan. 31 but remains inside the EU’s tariff-free economic zone until the end of the year. The transition period can be extended by two years but a request to do so has to be made by July 1. Johnson has repeatedly said he won’t ask for an extension. The hope is that Monday’s talks will push the negotiations forward. If the EU and the British government don’t reach an agreement by the end of the year, tariffs and quotas will return on trade between the U.K. and the 27-nation bloc, another economic shock — on top of the pandemic — that most economists think would hurt Britain more. Cars exported from one side to the other, for example, would face a 10% levy.