The EU and the UK will fight to conclude a trade deal and other aspects of their future ties after Brexit next year. Parties should consider extending negotiations after 2020, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to the French business newspaper Les Echos.

Brexit from the EU is scheduled for January 31. Talks between EU members and the UK government about future trade, educational and transport relations can begin only after this date and should be completed by the end of 2020, AP reported.

According to the head, she is very concerned that they have little time.