European Union Brexit Chief Laments Slow Progress

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The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator warned Thursday that talks on Britain's departure from the bloc are weeks, possibly months, away from making substantial progress, despite hailing a positive new momentum in the negotiations.

Britain is scheduled to leave the EU on March 29, 2019 - the first member country ever to do so - but the talks must be wrapped up by October 2018 to allow time for parliaments to ratify it.

More than a year since Britons voted to go, and six months after London's Brexit announcement, the talks are still in a preliminary phase. Many EU leaders fear that time will run out, leaving a messy divorce that would be damaging to both Britain and its European partners.

After a fourth round of negotiations concluded in Brussels, Michel Barnier said: “We will need several weeks, even several months, to be able to see 'sufficient progress' on the principles of this orderly departure.”

Britain's Brexit negotiator David Davis was more upbeat, and told reporters that the negotiations are moving forward.

“This round was a vital one. We made important progress,” he said.