EU must prepare for possible no-deal Brexit, says Merkel

THE European Union must prepare for the possibility that talks for a deal with Britain over their future relationship could fail, Chancellor Angela Merkel said today.

“I will keep pushing for a good solution, but the EU and Germany, too, must and should prepare for the case that an agreement is not reached,” Merkel told the Bundestag as Europe’s biggest economy takes over the presidency of the 27-member bloc.