Merkel Sees Progress but No Breakthrough in Brexit Talks

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said there appeared to be progress in the talks on post-Brexit trade, adding that negotiations would continue until the end of the week.

“There has been progress but no breakthrough yet,” Merkel told German lawmakers in Berlin.

The European Commission and Britain will keep talking “until the end of this week to see if a solution can still be found”, she said.

Merkel, who is not directly participating in the talks but whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said she maintained that “a deal would be better than no deal”.

“But we are prepared for the latter,” she added.