Boris caves: UK gives in on Brexit red line, Barnier tells MEPs - 'British have accepted' - Daily Express

Michel Barnier claimed the Prime Minister has accepted that future police and judicial co-operation must be underpinned by the European Convention of Human Rights. The Brussels diplomat said this has paved the way to finalising terms on a deal that will make it easier for Britain to extradite terrorists and share criminal data with the bloc. An agreement has been on the verge of completion for longer than a month since Lord Frost first signalled the UK would soften its stance.

Mr Barnier told MEPS last Friday: “We are almost in agreement on judicial and police co-operation.”

“The British have accepted the prerequisites that we put down on the European Convention on Human Rights,” he added, according to the Daily Mail.

“We can now finalise those points.”

Lord Frost, the Prime Minister's lead negotiator with Brussels, has previously told the House of Lords the challenge was how to include a commitment to the ECHR in the legal text.

Britain has previously rejected EU demands to implement a commitment to retain membership of the ECHR into domestic law as the price for the internal security pact.

The ECHR is an international agreement drawn up by the Council of Europe and enforced by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights.

A spokesman for the Government said: "The UK remains committed to the ECHR – we have been clear on that time and time again, including in Parliament.

"We agree that co-operation with the EU should be based on our shared values of respect for fundamental rights and for the rule of law.

"The UK's approach to these issues in the context of law enforcement is based on precedent for EU third-country agreements in this area."

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The Government has announced a 24-hour monitoring centre that it says will help crack down on organised crime, terrorism and abuse of the immigration system.

Brexit transition arrangements end by December 31 but talks on the future relationship to replace them are still taking place.

Fuelled by France, demands for widespread access to the UK's fishing waters remain the main stumbling block.

Downing Street insists its negotiating position will not change.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said: "We want to try and reach a free-trade agreement as soon as possible. But we have been clear we won't change our negotiating position and we have been clear what that position is."

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