[Brexit negotiations]: PM meetings with President Juncker and President Tusk and Taoiseach Varadkar

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Publication Date 17/05/2018
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The leaders discussed the positive progress which had been made in the talks so far, including agreements on citizens’ rights and other matters.

The UK Prime Minister reiterated the UK’s commitment to the joint report agreed in December 2017.

Theresa May said the proposal put forward by the European Commission in relation to the Ireland/Northern Ireland border was unacceptable. The PM said the UK would be shortly putting forward its own backstop proposal in relation to customs.

The leaders spoke of the need for a strong security partnership between the UK and the EU post-Brexit.

The Prime Minister also held a bilateral meeting with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May held meetings on the 17 May 2018 on the ongoing Brexit negotiations at the Western Balkans Summit with President Jean-Claude Juncker and President Donald Tusk and with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar of Ireland.

Source Link https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-meetings-with-president-juncker-and-president-tusk-and-taoiseach-varadkar
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ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/
United Kingdom: Department for Exiting the European Union: Press Release, 13.04.18: [Brexit Negotiations]: Programme: EU-UK Article 50 negotiations Brussels, 16-18 April 2018 / Topics for discussions on the Future Framework at forthcoming meetings, May 2018 (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-negotiations-programme-eu-uk-article-50-negotiations-brussels-16-18-april-2018-topics-for-discussions-on-the-future-framework-at-forthcoming-meetings-may-2018/
The Guardian, 17.05.18: Irish PM warns UK could crash out of EU without Brexit deal if no progress soon https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/may/17/leo-varadkar-theresa-may-sofia-brexit-deal
[Brexit and Northern Ireland]: Northern Ireland pushes Brexit talks toward fresh crisis (Politico, 27.04.18, et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-and-northern-ireland-northern-ireland-pushes-brexit-talks-toward-fresh-crisis/

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