Michael Gove claims EU ‘not serious’ about Brexit talks and says No Deal is ‘increasingly likely’
MICHAEL Gove has said the EU is "not serious" about Brexit talks and that a No Deal result is "increasingly likely".
His comments came after the Prime Minister told Britain to "get ready" for a No Deal Brexit, as EU leaders refused to give ground at a critical Brussels Summit last week.
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He accused the EU of trying to "tie our hands indefinitely" but said the ball was in EU negotiator Michel Barnier's court as to whether Brexit talks continue next week.
He told Sky's Sophy Ridge: "The ball is in his court. We've made clear that we need to see a change in approach from the European Union."
'COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE'
Mr Gove's intervention came after Boris Johnson lashed out at Brussels on Friday for trying to keep control of British laws, freedoms and fisheries in a way that was “completely unacceptable to an independent country”.
The PM told reporters in Downing Street: "From the outset we were totally clear that we wanted nothing more complicated than a Canada-style relationship based on friendship and free trade.
"To judge by the latest EU summit in Brussels, that won't work for our EU partners.
"They want the continued ability to control our legislative freedom, our fisheries in a way that is completely unacceptable to an independent country.
"And since we have only 10 weeks until the end of the transition period on January 1, I have to make judgment about the likely outcome and get us ready."
Responding to the PM's comments, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said a deal would not be done "at any cost".
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She wrote on Twitter: "The EU continues to work for a deal, but not at any price.