LUXEMBOURG—European Union officials were hoping on Oct. 15 that, after more than three years of false starts and sudden reversals, a Brexit deal with Britain might be in sight within hours.
The bloc said that it might be possible to strike a divorce deal by the Oct. 17 EU leaders’ summit, which comes just two weeks before the UK’s scheduled departure date of Oct. 31. There’s one major proviso: The British government must make more compromises to seal an agreement in the coming hours.
