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Germany to Back Post-Brexit Trade Deal in European Council, Official Says

BERLIN, (Sputnik) - Germany plans to support the post-Brexit trade deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom in the European Council, the government's deputy spokeswoman said Monday.
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"Germany can endorse the agreement and will do it in the Council," Ulrike Demmer said during a news briefing.

She said cabinet ministers had agreed a common stance on the long-awaited deal during a phone conference earlier in the day.

"They were unanimous about the positive assessment of the agreement," the official added.

The eleventh-hour pact was hammered out last Thursday, a week before the transition period for the UK’s exit was about to end. It still needs the approval of the European Council, the European Parliament and the British legislature.

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