EU must evolve its position in talks on future ties

• Asked whether Frost would want the EU's negotiator to have a changed mandate for the negotiations.

Asked whether Frost would want the EU's negotiator to have a changed mandate for the negotiations, Frost said: "Our view at the moment is that that mandate, at least in key areas, is not a mandate that is likely to produce an agreement."

"So if you are asking do we think the EU needs to evolve its position to reach an agreement, yes we do."