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- In this picture taken on December 25, 2020 flags of the European Union can be seen fluttering outside the European commission headquarters in Brussels. (Photo by François WALSCHAERTS / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS WALSCHAERTS/AFP via Getty Images)
- EU Chief Negotiator for Brexit Michel Barnier (L) is watched by a Greek representative, while carrying a folder containing the 2000 page 'Brexit Trade Deal' as he arrives ahead of a special meeting of The Committee of the Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States to the European Union (Coreper) at the European Council in Brussels on December 25, 2020. (Photo by Olivier HOSLET / POOL / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER HOSLET/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
- Trucks arrive via the Channel Tunnel at the port of Calais on December 25, 2020, after drivers underwent Covid-19 tests in England, where they were held since France closed borders with the UK in a bid to stop the spread of a new coronavirus strain. - Rail and sea links between the UK and France will remain open over Christmas to clear the backlog of thousands of trucks stranded by border closures due to the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus, Britain said on December 24, 2020. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP via Getty Images)
- LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 24: Prime Minister, Boris Johnson holds a press conference on reaching a Brexit trade deal in Downing Street on December 24, 2020 in London, England. Four and a half years after British voters elected to leave the EU, and mere days before the latest and presumably final deadline, UK and EU leaders have announced a trade deal defining the terms of the breakup. (Photo by Paul Grover - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
- BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - DECEMBER 24: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) and European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier (L) hold a joint press conference in Brussels, Belgium on December 24, 2020. The UK and EU reached a post-Brexit trade agreement on Christmas Eve on Thursday after four-and-a-half years of bitter negotiations and only a week to spare until the end of the transition period on Dec. 31. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
- LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 24: Journalists wait outside number 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson holds a press conference on reaching a Brexit trade deal on December 24, 2020 in London, England. Four and a half years after British voters elected to leave the EU, and mere days before the latest and presumably final deadline, UK and EU leaders have announced a trade deal defining the terms of the breakup. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
- The media gathered outside 10 Downing Street, London, ahead of a briefing from Prime Minister Boris Johnson the agreement of a post-Brexit trade deal. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)
- Police officers speak to an anti-Brexit protester at the gates of Downing Street, London. The UK and European Union are on the threshold of striking a post-Brexit trade deal. An announcement is expected on Christmas Eve, but talks have continued through the night on the details of an agreement. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)
- An anti-Brexit protester shouts through an over-sized loud hailer at the gates of Downing Street, London. The UK and European Union are on the threshold of striking a post-Brexit trade deal. An announcement is expected on Christmas Eve, but talks have continued through the night on the details of an agreement. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)
- Screen grab taken from PA Video of Larry the Cat stalking a pigeon in Downing Street, London. (Photo by Luke Powell/PA Images via Getty Images)
- 24 December 2020, Berlin: A flag hangs at the British Embassy. The European Union and Britain have moved towards a deal in the dispute over a Brexit trade pact. Photo: Christophe Gateau/dpa (Photo by Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images)
- A man cleans the street in front of 10 Downing Street, London. The UK and European Union are on the threshold of striking a post-Brexit trade deal. An announcement is expected on Christmas Eve, but talks have continued through the night on the details of an agreement. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)
- Drivers mingle out of their cabs as their freight lorries line up in queues contained in Operation Stack on the M20 motorway at Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom on the 23rd of December 2020. Truck drivers have been waiting in operation stack on the M20 motorway for over 48 hours now, France closed its boarders with the UK after a new faster spreading strain of the COVID-19 virus broke out in Kent. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
- The Police line as tensions are high between police and drivers who have been waiting over 48 hours for the Port of Dover to re-open, on the 23rd of December 2020, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19 all travellers are now waiting to receive a COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres (21 miles) between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)
- An aerial view shows lines of freight lorries and heavy goods vehicles parked on the tarmac at Manston Airport near Ramsgate, south east England on December 22, 2020, as the Brexit contingency plan "Operation Fennel" was activated early to cope with lorries waiting to depart the UK, after France closed its borders to accompanied freight arriving from the UK due to the rapid spread of a new coronavirus strain. - The British government said Tuesday it was considering tests for truckers as part of talks with French authorities to allow the resumption of freight traffic suspended due to a new more infectious coronavirus strain. Britain was plunged into fresh crisis last week with the emergence of a fresh strain of the virus, which is believed to be up to 70 percent more transmissible than other forms. (Photo by William EDWARDS / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM EDWARDS/AFP via Getty Images)
- NEWLYN, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 22: Fishing trawler Emma-Louise leaves port after the last fish market of the year on December 22, 2020 in Newlyn, England. The post-Brexit EU/UK trade deal is still being negotiated with only ten days to go until the deadline passes and the UK officially leaves the European Union. Fishers at Newlyn harbour, one of the UK's largest fishing ports, are preparing for new rules on the export of their fish to the EU from January 1st and their return to work on January 4th. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)
- NEWLYN, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 22: Staff of W Stevenson & Sons Ltd sort purchased fish into boxes at the last early morning Fish Market of the year at Newlyn Harbour on December 22, 2020 in Newlyn, England. The post-Brexit EU/UK trade deal is still being negotiated with only ten days to go until the deadline passes and the UK officially leaves the European Union. Fishers at Newlyn harbour, one of the UK's largest fishing ports, are preparing for new rules on the export of their fish to the EU from January 1st and their return to work on January 4th. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)