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| Brexit: EU-27 agree negotiating stance | Brexit: EU-27 agree negotiating stance |
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| European Union leaders have unanimously agreed the negotiating guidelines for Brexit talks with UK. | European Union leaders have unanimously agreed the negotiating guidelines for Brexit talks with UK. |
| European Council President Donald Tusk, chairing the talks in Brussels, tweeted that the "firm and fair political mandate" for the talks was ready. | European Council President Donald Tusk, chairing the talks in Brussels, tweeted that the "firm and fair political mandate" for the talks was ready. |
| The 27 leaders took less 15 minutes to approve the draft guidelines for the negotiations, which were issued on 31 March by Mr Tusk. | The 27 leaders took less 15 minutes to approve the draft guidelines for the negotiations, which were issued on 31 March by Mr Tusk. |
| Talks with the UK will begin after the general election on 8 June. | Talks with the UK will begin after the general election on 8 June. |
| In a letter to the leaders of the EU-27 ahead of the summit, Mr Tusk wrote that progress on "people, money and Ireland" must come before negotiations on the EU's future relationship with the UK. | |
| As she arrived in Brussels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated that only once substantial progress had been made on the separation talks with the UK, could negotiations turn to the UK's future relationship with the EU. | |
| The separation talks will seek to agree the rights of EU citizens living in the UK, as well as Britons living in the EU, plus a settlement for the UK's financial obligations as an EU member state. A deal must also be agreed to avoid a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Mr Tusk wrote. | |
| French President Francois Hollande said there would inevitably be "a price and a cost for the UK - it's the choice that was made". | |
| "We must not be punitive, but at the same time it's clear that Europe knows how to defend its interests, and that Britain the UK will have a less good position tomorrow outside the EU than today in the EU." | |
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