“This is clearly about domestic politics”, one senior official said.
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Her aides and ministers have told reporters the government will not offer a “running commentary” on talks her European counterparts say can not begin until Britain triggers the exit.
All the European Union leaders have insisted there will be no formal Brexit talks until Britain triggers the two-year divorce process and says what it wants.
Downing Street has insisted that the EU Council president’s claim that Article 50 will be triggered early next year is only his “interpretation”.
Meanwhile, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon vowed to block any proposals for an EU army while Britain remains a member of the union, in a move likely to anger European leaders.
EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has spoken of the possibility of a “common military force” at a meeting of EU leaders in Bratislava, to which Britain was not invited.
“It will be very hard for the United Kingdom, very hard”, he said in an interview with the Financial Times, “The EU will take this opportunity to show the public: “listen guys, now you will see why it is important to stay in the EU”.
Mrs May has been criticised for repeating the slogan “Brexit means Brexit” but failing to set out details of what she wants to gain from negotiations from the European Union, but the PM insists she will not offer a “running commentary” on her strategy.
“We have always been concerned about unnecessarily duplicating what we already have in North Atlantic Treaty Organisation”.
Meanwhile, at the Bratislava summit, Juncker reiterated that Britain can not get access to the European single market without accepting the free movement of workers.
A group of Eastern European countries will veto any Brexit deal that diminishes the rights of their citizens who live and work in Britain, Slovakia’s prime minister has said.
“I think Britain knows this is an issue for us where there’s no room for compromise”, Fico added, reiterating that he was opposed to any “cherry-picking” in negotiations.
European Union leaders have given themselves the winter to prepare for Brexit.
The survey was conducted between July 4 and 29, mostly covering the period after Theresa May took over as prime minister on July 13, which helped to settle some of the nervousness in financial markets caused by the Brexit vote.
He said: “I can’t give joint press conference with Merkel and Hollande. The creative industries and tourism are two of the most important sectors in our economy, and we have to make sure that Brexit can become a success for them”.
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Arkadiusz Jozwik, 40, was killed following an attack outside a takeaway in The Stow on Saturday, August 27 at around 11.35pm. This is also an issue for the Polish prime minister and others. They have no investigative role and no police powers.
