EU Brexit chief preparing for 'possible' failure of divorce talks

Paris

EU Brexit chief Michel Barnier said on Sunday that he is making contingency plans for the "possible" failure of divorce talks with Britain, which he has given two weeks to reach preliminary agreement on key issues.

"It's not my (preferred) option," he told French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD). "But it's a possibility. Everyone needs to plan for it, member states and businesses alike. We too are preparing for it technically."