Von der Leyen and Johnson agree to make final push for Brexit trade deal

Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen said in a joint statement following their phone call that they were instructing their chief negotiators to meet again in Brussels on Sunday.

Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to make a final push to get a post-Brexit trade deal in time for the end of the year.

Following a telephone call lasting more than an hour, the two leaders acknowledged that there were still “significant differences” on key issues standing in the way of an agreement.