BRUSSELS, March 7 (Reuters) - Britain and the European Unioncould negotiate a deeper free-trade accord that goes beyond thebloc's new deals with Canada and Japan, but such agreementsremain the model, the head of the European Parliament said onWednesday.
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani also called onLondon to speed up its proposals to resolve the question ofNorthern Ireland as Britain leaves the bloc.
"Parliament is still waiting for a UK proposal preventing ahard border (on the island of Ireland)," Tajani told reporters.