EU negotiator urges Britons to hurry

brussels - EU negotiator Michel Barnier calls on the British government to come up with legally substantiated texts in order to arrange the departure from the EU in time. 'If we want to make the negotiations a success, we need to increase the pace', said the Frenchman in Brussels at the presentation of the draft treaty on the divorce.

'We are only thirteen months from the date', Barnier referred to the brexit date on March 30, 2019. 'We have to unravel 43 years of shared history. We just want to succeed. 'In the autumn there has to be an agreement with London. 'Time is running out. '

The British Prime Minister Theresa May will give a speech on Friday, which Barnier will listen to 'carefully'. The negotiations will resume next week. There are still many differences of opinion, including civil rights and the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.