Sentences with phrase «holdout belgian»

However late Friday Martin Schulz, the head of the European Parliament, appeared to announce on Twitter that he would meet on Saturday morning with Freeland and Paul Magnette, the president of holdout Belgian region Wallonia, to try to revive the talks.

Sources say it was those five pages, and not the deal itself, that proved pivotal Friday as last - ditch talks in the European Commission collapsed, with the holdout Belgian region of Wallonia refusing to end its blockade of the long - sought deal.