Brexits: France hints at compromise with UK over divergence from EU standards

Brexit: France hints at compromise with UK over divergence from EU standards

Brexit: France hints at compromise with UK over divergence from EU standards. French minister repeats threat of veto as troubled negotiations restart in Brussels

Brexit France hints at compromise with UK over divergence from EU standards which is one of the red lines hindering the agreement to a trade deal.  France will back a trade deal allowing the UK to diverge from EU standards but the bloc should not be time-pressured into agreeing damaging terms in the final hours, France’s European affairs minister has said, as the Brexit negotiations restarted in Brussels.