25 Dec UK , European Union seal Brexit trade deal
The United Kingdom and European Union have reached a post-Brexit trade agreement after months of negotiations.
“Deal is done,” read the statement from Downing Street on Thursday afternoon — swiftly followed by confirmation from Brussels.
Speaking shortly after the announcement, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the agreement was a “good deal” for the “whole of Europe” — one that signified “a new stability and a new certainty in what has sometimes been a fractious and difficult relationship.”
The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed that the EU had struck a fair and balanced post-Brexit trade deal, but signaled that the bloc had the upper hand in the negotiations.
“As we knew, in any case, if there would have been a hard Brexit, it would not have been good for both sides, but it would have hit the United Kingdom harder than the European Union with all its might of 450 million citizens. And therefore, from a position of strength we were able to come forward with the most comprehensive agreement we’ve ever had,” von der Leyen said at a news conference.
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