One Issue That Could Break the Brexit Talks

Representatives of the European Union and the United Kingdom gathered in Brussels Monday to resume Brexit negotiations. The talks, slated to run through Thursday, are expected to cover everything the U.K.’s financial obligations to the standing of Northern Ireland. “For us it’s incredibly important we now make good progress,” David Davis, the U.K. Brexit secretary, told reporters Monday at a joint press conference with EU Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier, adding that both sides would work to “identify the differences so that we can deal with them and identify the similarities so we can reinforce them.”

Of all the differences looming over the talks, none has emerged as more contentious in recent reporters following an EU Council meeting in April.