EU steps up plans for no-deal Brexit as Merkel rebuffs May

EU members warned of growing risk as PM is told talks cannot be reopened

The EU is moving into full no-deal mode after Michel Barnier privately warned of a sudden escalation of risk, and France advised its fellow member states that planning for a cliff-edge Brexit now had to be their priority.

As Theresa May embarked on a whistle-stop tour of EU capitals on Tuesday, Barnier, the bloc’s chief negotiator, is understood to have given a stark analysis of the situation in a meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker and his fellow commissioners, suggesting that the danger of a complete breakdown had significantly increased.

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