Post-Brexit trade talks have gone through the night as the UK and EU enter what was billed as the final day of talks with leaders set to decide whether a deal can be done.
Both sides have warned they are unlikely to reach an agreement.
The terms offered by the European Union continue to be “unacceptable” to the UK according to Government sources.
Boris Johnson is expected to speak with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen later after agreeing on the Sunday deadline earlier this week.
If the two sides have not come to an agreement, Johnson and von der Leyen will decide whether to abandon negotiations or continue them beyond the deadline. This comes as it is reported Boris was snubbed by Merkel and Macron for a phone call and the German leader was quoted as saying Britain ‘should be made to crawl through glass’.
Speaking to Sky’s Sophy Ridge programme, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the ability of getting a deal rests with the leaders, saying: “What ultimately is required at this 11th hour is moving the political logjam.”
He said the UK “can’t close the door” on future talks after Sunday, but there is now a “very high bar” to continue, adding: “We are not there yet”.
Irish prime minister Micheál Martin said he believed a no-deal scenario “would be very bad news for all of us” and “an appalling failure of statecraft” on both sides.
He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr the fact talks had gone overnight gave him “hope” there would be agreement, and called for the teams “with any bit of energy we have left to focus on negotiating a deal”.
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