words of guy verhofstadt, the eu pa rliament‘s brexit negotiator, words of guy verhofstadt, the eu parliament's, who will have a say in the final part of the deal towards the end of the process. michel barnier, the chief negotiator for brexit, process. michel barnier, the chief negotiatorfor brexit, gave process. michel barnier, the chief negotiator for brexit, gave an interview with a number of newspapers published this morning in which she said he cannot negotiate with himself and said whilst he is aware of the problems in the uk, what he wants is somebody who is stable, accountable, and has a mandate to come to the table and quickly. he doesn't see it at this stage to extend the deadline. interesting as well, the german finance minister today talking about there being an open door if, for any reason, the british decided brexit wasn't something they were seeking. absolutely not the case when you speak to people here, including guy verhofstadt, he said he used to think like that but now he is absolute. we are on a course of article 50. it has been triggered. the other reason why we have to sta

guy verhofstadt, on behalf of the european parliament, urging britain to, i'm trying to divide his exactlking earlier about wanting some clarity from the british government, saying it wants to know more about the british government's negotiating position. we are on the course of article 50, it has been triggered. the other reason why we have to start hopefully next week, is that we have only a time frame of less than two yea rs. only a time frame of less than two years. everything has to be behind us on years. everything has to be behind us on the 29th of march 2019. let's head straight to strasbourg and talk to our europe correspondent, gavin lee. a lot of parliamentarians expressing frustration. i guess trying to put the pressure on people in ten, reminding people time and again that the clock has been ticking for some time. good point, jane. is it coincidence, is it any more of a sort of getting together in terms of a united message customer guy verhofstadt was not the only want to show frustration. i have been speaking to different meps across europe, they are saying a similar thing,

want to take you to the negotiator, brexit negotiator for europe, you have guy verhofstadt saying another goal after cameron, may will make complex negotiations even more complicated. i think more interesting, though, he's saying we don't know when brexit talks start, we foe when they must end, and he says do your best to avoid a no deal as a result of no negotiations. and coming up in 13 minutes time, theresa may's speech, will she repeat the pledge, no deal -- no deal is better than a bad deal. >> well done, guy, for giving the uk population another reason to dislike brussels. it is just unbelievable, isn't it? this is a democratic process that is taking place here. one would have thought anybody in the commission would have been pleased to see democracy in action. but hang on, some of those commissioners aren't elected, are they? maybe they don't like democracy. >> in recent days he wanted even less members of the executive arm arguing for a shrinking of the number of representatives on european commission. i think we know where his views lie on democracy. >>> let's move on. reports sa

one of the european union negotiators, guy verhofstadt, has said britain must quickly end the uncertaintyorrespondent gavin lee the eu was growing impatient as it waits to learn the uk government's negotiating position. i don't know if it's the responsibility of the uk government, whether they take the decision of the hard brexit described in the letter of the 29th of march, or will they adapt their position because of they adapt their position because of the outcome of the election? that's the outcome of the election? that's the responsibility of the uk government. what i want and what we wa nt government. what i want and what we want in europe is that we can stop this. the whole debate about brexit started three years ago. remember that. one year ago there was the outcome of the referendum, three minutes ago the letter —— three months ago the letter from march, and we are still not negotiating. the uncertainty for the citizens and businesses has to stop as fast as possible. you talk about being impatient. for myself! my impatience is mainly driven by the uncertainty that creates a lot o

more from you and the interview with guy verhofstadt later.ing comments. we wait for the dup delegation to arrive here at downing street, but there was a photocall in the last hour or so, some interesting comments were picked up as well. the future is bright. you might have caught it. it was a selfie. the future is bright, the future is orange. they take on a well—known advert but other devices are available. waiting for the dup to provide here. arrived. chris page is in belfast for us. everyone in stormon is waiting to see what comes out of the downing street meeting. pretty obvious the dup were happy about what was happening. journalists gathered in the rate all here, you could hear the rate all here, you could hear the dup party meeting going on in another room and you could hear cheering and stamping feet. they are celebrating their best ever election results in their history and that has put them in an influential position in westminster. plenty of dark about what the dup might get. their priority going to be something economic, perhaps m

we have also heard from guy verhofstadt, a leading negotiator within the parliament, for the liberalall ready to go, leading the negotiations in the eu, as soon as this is over to start the brexit negotiations and i have heard that that date that we have been hearing about was not cast in stone. the aim was to pick up on those brexit negotiations within ten days but it is a movable feast. let me say a little bit more about the leader of the conservative group in the european parliament. the uk needs a government soon, he says. the date for the beginning of the negotiations are unclear. and he goes onto say that the is united but the uk is split. prime minister may has brought chaos to her country instead. very significantly, martin schulz, the stp leader in germany, italy important politician in these negotiations, has congratulated jeremy corbyn on his performance and has agreed to meet with him, saying that this is the end to the british plan for hard brexit. more importantly, das bildt in germany is saying, is the exit coming? for that to happen, you need a politician with the vot