Ursula von der Leyen
A Brussels source told HuffPost UK Wednesday was "the latest conceivable moment" after Barnier briefed MEPs on talks.
UK and EU negotiators are in last-ditch negotiations Downing Street sources have described as the "last throw of the dice".
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says internal market bill was a breach of good faith.
Boris Johnson has pledged to sign a new agreement by the end of the year.
Ursula von der Leyen has said she would grant another extension to the Brexit deadline if Britain needed it to assure an orderly withdrawal from the bloc. She made the announcement as she set out her vision as European Commission president to MEPs. If elected, Von der Leyen would become the first woman to lead the EU executive. She will replace Jean-Claude Juncker in November.
"She wants to build a centralised, undemocratic, updated form of communism," the Brexit Party leader told MEPs.
It’s a lie to state, as nationalists and populists often do, that the people of Europe have given up on the dream of a United Europe. The contrary is true, Guy Verhofstadt writes.
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has been appointed head of the European Central Bank, the first time a woman holds the post. The European Commission's next president is set to be Ursula Von Der Leyen, Germany's Defence Minister. Her post is pending final approval by a vote in the European Parliament in mid-July. European Council president Donald Tusk hailed the appointments, saying, "After all, Europe is a woman".
The German defence minister will replace Jean-Claude Juncker.