What do extended negotiations mean for the odds of getting a Brexit deal?

Continuation of talks announced after half-hour call between Johnson and von der Leyen

Boris Johnson give a thumbs-up gestures as he greets Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
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Another weekend, another missed deadline and another high-level political intervention as Brexit deal negotations drag on and on.

Boris Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday pledged to “go the extra mile” to secure a future trade treaty, following a half-hour phone call during which the two leaders agreed to extend the talks into the coming week.

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Joe Evans is the world news editor at TheWeek.co.uk. He joined the team in 2019 and held roles including deputy news editor and acting news editor before moving into his current position in early 2021. He is a regular panellist on The Week Unwrapped podcast, discussing politics and foreign affairs. 

Before joining The Week, he worked as a freelance journalist covering the UK and Ireland for German newspapers and magazines. A series of features on Brexit and the Irish border got him nominated for the Hostwriter Prize in 2019. Prior to settling down in London, he lived and worked in Cambodia, where he ran communications for a non-governmental organisation and worked as a journalist covering Southeast Asia. He has a master’s degree in journalism from City, University of London, and before that studied English Literature at the University of Manchester.