⁍ Two EU diplomatic sources said the bloc’s negotiators expected to go to London to resume full trade talks as early as Thursday.

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⁍ Earlier, European Council President Charles Michel told the European Parliament that time was ‘very short’
London has this week refused to continue full negotiations, saying the EU must ‘fundamentally change’ its stance.

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– With less than two months to go before Britain is due to leave the European Union, the EU is readying itself for a “no-deal” departure—and it’s sending a delegation to London to try to break the logjam. Reuters reports that diplomats from the EU are expected to travel to London on Thursday to resume negotiations on a trade deal that has been bogged down since the summer. The move comes after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pulled out of the latest round of negotiations on Tuesday, saying the EU needed to “fundamentally change” its stance on issues including the divorce bill and the rights of UK and EU citizens hit by a no-deal Brexit. The EU has warned that it is ready to walk away from the negotiations without an agreement to avoid tariffs or quotas, and European Council President Charles Michel told the European Parliament on Wednesday that time was “very short” to reach a deal that would allow Britain to stay in the EU’s single market and customs union, the AP reports. Michel said the 27 EU members were ready for an abrupt split without a new agreement to avoid tariffs or quotas. “We don’t need words, we need guarantees,” he said. Britain’s current EU trading terms expire in 10 weeks, and unfettered commerce will end without a new treaty. Keen to avoid any blame, the bloc is ready to negotiate until mid-November but must then ratify any deal in the European Parliament before time is up.