EU wary of Brexit crash landing at high-stakes October summit

FILE PHOTO: Flags flutter outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Jacobs/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain finally put some documents on the table on Thursday to break an impasse in its Brexit talks with the EU, but the bloc is worried that London is banking too much on a meeting of the 28 national leaders next month to get a deal across the line.

Sidestepping technical hurdles that take time to clear and pinning hope on top-level talks is a risky strategy that failed two former British prime ministers, both of whom were forced to quit over their country's thorny divorce from the bloc.