Softer Brexit hinges on £3,500 visa fee for under-30s

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The UK wants a permanent agri-food deal to provide "certainty" for businesses, but wants to only grant the EU an extension of fishing rights for four years, arguing that an approach of regular negotiations was agreed between the two sides in the Boris Johnson's Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).
52% : The UK and EU are expected to agree a security and defence deal on Monday, that paves the way for British defence companies to access European rearmament loans for joint projects with member states.
48% : The EU has accepted UK demands for youth mobility to be time-limited and capped, but sources said the British offer was still "unattractive" and "stringent" and wants London to reduce expected demands for more than £1,000 of fees and requirement for £2,500 of savings to access the scheme.
48% : The EU source said: "You have to have a system that is workable, that is attractive to both sides, that delivers a message of reciprocal trust." Despite the EU's criticism, the UK Government is trying to win the domestic argument on youth mobility, circulating research around Labour MPs showing public support for a scheme.
48% : Sources told The i Paper the UK will get a carve-out that ensures animal welfare protections like the live animals export ban can be maintained despite alignment with EU rules on agri-food, which will ease the fears of campaigners that the post-Brexit law may have to be reversed.
45% : The EU wants the UK to lower demands to charge thousands of pounds in visa fees for under-30s in return for help tackling the Channel crisis, The i Paper has learnt.
44% : But the biggest sticking point remaining in talks, which are set to go to the wire with EU ambassadors meeting on Sunday, is an argument over whether fishing rights and agri-food deals should be linked and time limited.
43% : An EU source said the UK is "using the same argument as the EU is using for fish", as the diplomatic source warned that a four-year deal was "asking for trouble" as it would expire around the time of the next British general election campaign.
41% : " EU sources also criticised Govt's general approach to migration, saying it's "practically impossible for a young person now to come to the UK", adding that UK demands for caps and time limits are "stringent" and "extremely limiting".
41% : However, the EU is arguing that the agri-food deal should be subject to the same time limit if the UK does not grant permanent fishing rights.

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