Michel Barnier, Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom eudebates the Good Deal

It was worth fighting for this deal. We now have a fair & balanced agreement with the UK. It will protect our EU interests, ensure fair competition & provide predictability for our fishing communities. #eudebates #debates #Barnier #BREXIT #negotiations Europe is now moving on. https://www.eudebates.tv/debates/spec... EU's von der Leyen, Barnier gives Brexit press conference after trade agreement with EU – live European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier will give a press conference on Thursday on the outcome of the EU-UK negotiations, the Commission said. Ursula von der Leyen says ‘it is time to leave Brexit behind’ after long negotiations at European commission’s headquarters in Brussels Firstly, competition in the single market will remain fair, she says. The EU rules and standards will be respected, she says. We have effective tools to react if fair competition is distorted and impacts our trade, she says. Secondly, she says, we’ll continue operating with the UK in all areas of mutual interest such as climate change, energy, security and transport. Together, we still achieve more than we do apart, she says. https://www.eudebates.tv/debates/spec... Thirdly, we’ve secured 5.5 years of full predictability for our fishing communities, she says. This whole debate has always been about sovereignty, she says, but what does it actually mean in the 21st century? To seamlessly work, travel, study and do business in 27 countries, pooling our strength and speaking together, and in a time of crisis, it’s about pulling each other up instead of trying to get back to your feet alone, she says. Ursula von der Leyen, the European commission president, is speaking now. We have finally found an agreement after a long and winding road, she says. It is a good deal that is fair and balanced and responsible for both sides, she says. https://www.eudebates.tv/ #eudebates Deal is done. Everything that the British public was promised during the 2016 referendum and in the general election last year is delivered by this deal. We have taken back control of our money, borders, laws, trade and our fishing waters. The deal is fantastic news for families and businesses in every part of the UK. We have signed the first free trade agreement based on zero tariffs and zero quotas that has ever been achieved with the EU. The deal is the biggest bilateral trade deal signed by either side, covering trade worth £668bn in 2019. The deal also guarantees that we are no longer in the lunar pull of the EU, we are not bound by EU rules, there is no role for the European court of justice and all of our key red lines about returning sovereignty have been achieved. It means that we will have full political and economic independence on 1 January 2021. A points-based immigration system will put us in full control of who enters the UK, and free movement will end. We have delivered this great deal for the entire United Kingdom in record time, and under extremely challenging conditions, which protects the integrity of our internal market and Northern Ireland’s place within it. We have got Brexit done and we can now take full advantage of the fantastic opportunities available to us as an independent trading nation, striking trade deals with other partners around the world.