欧盟委员会表示，英国仍然是欧盟“密切且宝贵的伙伴”，双方在多个领域的技术讨论仍在继续。
The UK remains a “close and valued partner” of the EU, while technical discussions between the two sides continue across several areas, the European Commission said.
欧盟委员会发言人巴拉兹·乌伊瓦里（Balazs Ujvari）在每日新闻发布会上表示：“英国是欧盟密切且宝贵的伙伴。当然，英国政府有权阐明其希望如何推进与欧盟未来的关系，而我们当然也对探讨其可能提出的各项选择保持开放态度。”
“The UK is a close and valued partner of the European Union. It is for the UK government, of course, to set out how it wishes to develop its relationship with the EU going forward, and we, of course, remain open to engaging on the options it may put forward,” Balazs Ujvari, a spokesperson for the European Commission, said at a daily press briefing.
乌伊瓦里表示，关于一系列问题的技术讨论正在继续，并强调了欧盟取得进展的意愿。
Ujvari said technical discussions were continuing on a range of issues and stressed the EU's intention to make progress.
他补充道：“是的，所以我们现在正在做的是落实上次峰会上达成的一致议程。因此，我们明显正专注于三个方面的谈判。一个是关于SBS，也就是实质上的卫生标准。”
“Yeah, so what we are doing now is to deliver on the agenda that was agreed at the last summit. So notably we are focusing on three strands of negotiation. One is about the SBS, so essentially the sanitary standards.
“第二个议题领域是关于连接我们的碳排放交易系统，第三个领域确实是青年流动性。”
"The second issue area is about linking our emissions trading systems, and the third area is indeed youth mobility,” he added.
当被问及英国是否可能再次成为欧盟成员国时，欧盟委员会首席发言人宝拉·皮尼奥（Paula Pinho）表示，该集团目前专注于机遇以及与英国的持续接触。
Asked whether the UK could become a member of the EU again, Paula Pinho, the chief spokesperson for the European Commission, said the bloc was focused on opportunities and ongoing engagement with the UK.
她说：“我们这里没有水晶球。你提到了机遇。我们非常热衷于把握好机遇。”
“No crystal ball on this side of the table. You mentioned opportunities. We are very keen on seizing good opportunities," she said. "Then again, the devil lies in the details.
她强调：“话虽如此，魔鬼藏在细节中。我们正在与英国伙伴和朋友进行接触，并真心希望充分利用这一点。相关工作正在进行中。希望我们很快能举行一次峰会，然后我们将从那里继续推进。”
We are engaging with our UK partners and friends and really willing to do the most of it. Work is ongoing. Hopefully soon we'll have a summit and then we will take it from there,” she underlined.
英国首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）周三表示，他希望看到英国在自己有生之年重新加入欧盟，同时强调重新加入不一定是目前应该追求的选择。
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Wednesday that he wanted to see Britain rejoin the EU during his lifetime, while stressing that rejoining was not necessarily the option that should be pursued now.
在利物浦举行的年度工党大会上，伯纳姆表示，如果英国不明确自己与欧盟的关系（他称欧盟仍是英国最大的市场），就无法“为本世纪的剩余时间制定清晰的行动计划”。英国于2020年脱离欧盟，这一决定是在一场公投后作出的；在那场公投中，约52%的选民选择了脱欧。
Speaking at the annual Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, Burnham said Britain could not have “the clear path we need into the rest of this century” without deciding on its future relationship with the EU, which he described as “still our largest market.”The UK left the EU in 2020, four years after a referendum in which about 52% of voters chose to leave.
伯纳姆表示，他会利用这次峰会的机会向英国民众说明现有的各种选择。“其实有多种不同的选择，我会看看我们能否就其中一种达成共识，这样就能明确我们的立场以及我们所生活的这个大陆的未来走向。”他说。
Burnham said he would use the opportunity around the summit to set out the choices available to Britain. “And there are different options, and I will see if we can find consensus around one, which will give us clarity about our position and the future of the continent that we live in,” he said.