European Council President Donald Tusk said here Thursday next week’s European Union (EU) summit in Bratislava has to re-establish political control over the bloc’s common future after the Brexit vote in Britain, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
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He said: “For the start of the negotiations – we need the formal notification, I mean triggering Article 50”.
Germany on Wednesday warned Britain against negotiating free trade deals with non-EU member states before it quits the bloc, after Prime Minister Theresa May sought to drum up commerce agreements during a G20 summit in China. Ball in United Kingdom court to start negotiations. He said the process should begin as soon as possible.
He added that “I have no doubt that at the end of the day our common strategic goal is to establish the closest possible relations”.
She said the effort would be to have a “new” relationship with the European Union in Brexit-related talks.
The PM said voters wanted “control” over Britain’s borders and insisted there were “various ways” the Government could make that happen.
Sweden’s prime minister said that the United Kingdom can not expect to continue to enjoy full access to the European Union and its markets without allowing neighboring states access to British markets Wednesday.
“She said the United Kingdom would take time to prepare for the negotiations, reiterating that Article 50 will not be triggered before the end of the year”, a government spokesperson said.
Up to now, May has refused to pin down a specific date to trigger the article 50, saying that her government needs time to prepare for negotiations.
Mr Tusk said the Taoiseach would be the first leader who he will brief after the meeting with Ms May tomorrow.
But today the Prime Minister’s official spokeswoman put some distance between May and her minister charged with Brexit negotiations.
We will not reveal our hand prematurely and we will not provide a running commentary on every twist and turn of negotiations, she said.
“Britain could be a beacon for free trade across the world and a more glorious country with an immigration system that controlled the numbers but also encouraged the brightest and best to come”, he said.
After May rejected a “points based” system for immigration, her Brexit minister, David Davis, moved to ease concerns in his party by saying that reducing the flow of migrants was a top priority for a government conscious that many who voted to leave the European Union on June 23 did so because of immigration fears.
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“I don’t think it’s acceptable to have a Prime Minister who is unable or unwilling to answer the simple question: ‘Should we remain in the single market or not?'”
