With Boris Johnson now having a majority, the EU are taking Boris Johnson more seriously.

With Boris Johnson now having a majority, the EU are taking Boris Johnson more seriously.
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# News Reporter

Darren so we had all the wrangling over the UK's exit from the E. U. finally brexit happened at the end of January but now this is the next stage the amount on the agenda is huge what are they going to be looking at today.


# Darren

Yesterday indeed it is a huge a lot of stuff to get through a lot of people involved in it as well so big all these talks that they're not happening out the commission that just across the road from me here in Brussels because there are too many people involved taking place at a central location in the Belgium capitol and also as you said the time is quite tight the expectation that this all has to be wrapped up by the end of this year and systems for the British prime minister that he will not seek an extension and is perfectly willing to leave with no deal if that is the case now in the ends at what they both want is essentially the same thing they want a free trade deal that will be zero tariffs and zero quotas on goods, problem is that there’s a lot of stumbling blocks to get that there. The EU clearly wants to keep the U. K. Insiders fear influence in some ways it argues it a large economy on the very edge of the E. U. and that is not very far away and it wants it to maintain certain standards and rules when it comes to things like employment rights and environmental regulations but the U. K. has also made it very clear on Alister that that it is willing to sacrifice that Free Frictionless trades if it means that Britain is to get its independence politically from the E. U. what it does not want to be is a rule taker that particular one is not sat in that room given but the fact that Brexit has happened.

# News Reporter

Now is he said both sides are talking tough but the British in particular seem to be particularly belligerent warning that they'll might walk away early in June if there's no overall framework by then I'm what is this stance what impact is that having in Brussels how are they looking at this in Brussels and in other European capitals.

# Darren
Well I think in two ways its focusing the minds at some what because Europe knows the actually the timetable is quite tight and what has changed from this time last year is the politics in London in Westminster Boris Johnson now has a majority that's all like Theresa May in a what he says does really matter because it's likely then that to happen so I think when the do you listen to all the bluster from Boris Johnson Essentially they believe it a little bit more and they think that there is a possibility that the U.K. may will say in June that not enough progress is being made I'm actually will then spend the next six months of that transition period trying to mitigate the consequences of no deal but there is still a hope I think from both sides that they can find this landing zone to get a deal done as a before the end of the transition period which is the end of this year.

seriously.