It’s official. Theresa May’s Christmas wish has been granted. At the EU council meeting today, EU leaders agreed to move Brexit talks on to the second phase of talking trade. Announcing the news on social media, Donald Tusk, the European Council president, sent his ‘congratulations’ to Theresa May.
EU leaders agree to move on to the second phase of #Brexit talks. Congratulations PM @theresa_may
— Charles Michel (@eucopresident) December 15, 2017
Moving forward, the EU withdrawal agreement will now be formalised and talks will move on to the new relationship between the UK and EU post-Brexit. The first issue to be discussed will be the transition period with Brussels insistent that all EU Law will apply until the end of the transition and all four freedoms will continue. This means freedom of movement is set to continue.
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