Hit The Phones
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Progress is still stuck on the main issues - level playing field, fisheries and governance. Will a weekend phone call from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson give the stalled process a much-needed push?
Europe Editor Tony Connelly tells Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin why optimism has been in short supply.
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