EU's Barnier: Deal is within reach by Wednesday 17th October

Additional remarks from the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, is now crossing the wires with key quotes, via Reuters, found below.

• ​​​​​​Deal is within reach by Wednesday 17th October.
• EU cannot accept single market `a la carte' for UK.
• EU open to free trade area with UK.
• EU found many points of convergence with UK PM’s chequers white paper.