Comments from German Foreign Minister Maas

  • We all are looking at possibilities to avoid a hard Brexit

From the UK foreign minister Hunt:

  • On tweaking the backstop, the change we're all looking for has to be of legal significance
  • We do not believe it is possible to solve the backstop issue
  • We need to put some flesh on the bone of what 'temporary' means regarding the backstop

Plenty of optimism in the talk but still no real signs of progress. Cable has rallied this week on hope.