新闻欧盟英国脱欧协议

新闻欧盟称英国脱欧协议“触手可及“但仍未完结

欧盟脱欧商洽代表周三表明，假如商洽在下周的峰会前获得发展，与英国达到脱欧协议将“触手可及”。

欧盟商洽代表巴尼耶表明，协议中高达85％的部分现已完结，但怎么保证爱尔兰边境通明的问题仍悬而未决。

他主张保证将边境检查站保持在最低极限。不过他也正告说，英国的一些现行提议将给英国带来太大的交易竞赛优势。

他说，两边都有杰出的志愿，“假如咱们在十月十七日进行商洽，协议将触手可及”。英国首相梅将于那时到布鲁塞尔参与与其他27名领袖的峰会。

欧盟委员会委员阿夫拉莫普洛斯周三告知记者，巴尼耶和他的团队“正在为达到协议日夜作业。”

英国将于下一年3月29日脱离欧盟，而两边对未来的联系，尤其是交易方面 ，无法达到协议的可能性令企业和政界人士忧虑。

作为欧盟的一部分，英国与欧盟这个最大的交易同伴之间的交易毫无妨碍。问题是怎么让英国退出欧盟的一起不d对其交易形成太大搅扰，也不会在爱尔兰共和国与英国的北爱尔兰之间从头树立一个硬鸿沟。

EU Says Brexit Deal 'Within Reach' but Work Remains

The European Union's Brexit negotiator said Wednesday that an agreement on Britain's exit ``is within reach'' if negotiations make progress ahead of a summit next week.

Michel Barnier said that up to 85 percent of the work on a deal is done but that the issue remains of how to ensure a transparent border on the island of Ireland.

He offered suggestions to make sure border checks are be kept to a minimum. Yet he also warned that some British proposals as they stood would give the U.K. too much of a competitive trade advantage.

With good will from both sides, he said, "agreement is within reach if we have the negotiations on the 17th of October," when Theresa May will meet her 27 counterparts in Brussels.

EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told reporters Wednesday that Barnier and his team "are working day and night to reach a deal."

Britain is to leave the EU on March 29 and the possibility of there being no deal on future relations – particularly trade – is worrying businesses and politicians.

As part of the EU, Britain benefits from seamless trade with the bloc, its biggest trading partner. And the question is how to let Britain exit the EU without too much disruption to trade and without reinstalling a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Britain's Northern Ireland.