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| Brexit: 'Breakthrough' deal paves way for future trade talks | |
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| Sufficient progress has been made in Brexit talks, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said, paving the way for talks on the future UK-EU relationship. | Sufficient progress has been made in Brexit talks, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said, paving the way for talks on the future UK-EU relationship. |
| Theresa May arrived in Brussels on Friday morning following overnight talks on the issue of the Irish border. | Theresa May arrived in Brussels on Friday morning following overnight talks on the issue of the Irish border. |
| The PM said there would be no hard border and the Good Friday Agreement would be upheld. | The PM said there would be no hard border and the Good Friday Agreement would be upheld. |
| EU citizens in the UK "will be able to go on living as before". | EU citizens in the UK "will be able to go on living as before". |
| The DUP said there was still "more work to be done" and how it votes on the final deal "will depend on its contents". | |
| Speaking at an early morning press conference in Brussels, Mr Juncker said: "Today's result is of course a compromise." | Speaking at an early morning press conference in Brussels, Mr Juncker said: "Today's result is of course a compromise." |
| Negotiations had been "difficult for both the UK and the EU", he added. | Negotiations had been "difficult for both the UK and the EU", he added. |
| Prime Minister Theresa May said getting to this point had "required give and take from both sides". | |
| The leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, Arlene Foster, said on Friday she was "pleased" to see changes which mean there is "no red line down the Irish Sea". | The leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, Arlene Foster, said on Friday she was "pleased" to see changes which mean there is "no red line down the Irish Sea". |
| Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said the latest deal was a "very good outcome for everyone on the island of Ireland". | |
| The joint report states: "the UK will maintain full alignment with those rules of the Internal Market and the Customs Union which, now or in the future, support North-South cooperation, the all island economy and the protection of the 1998 Agreement." | |
| What happens to the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland had been among the key sticking points in Brexit negotiations. | What happens to the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland had been among the key sticking points in Brexit negotiations. |
| On Monday, the DUP - whose support Prime Minister Theresa May needs to win key votes in Westminster - objected to draft plans drawn up by the UK and the EU. | On Monday, the DUP - whose support Prime Minister Theresa May needs to win key votes in Westminster - objected to draft plans drawn up by the UK and the EU. |
| The BBC's Chris Mason said there will now be "massive relief in Downing Street". | |
| But he warned "this is just the end of the beginning", as phase two of negotiations will bring "huge political battles and tussles as well". | |
| With regard to EU citizens' rights, Mrs May said the agreement would guarantee the rights of three million EU citizens in the UK. | |
| Their rights would "enshrined in UK law and enforced by British courts". | |
| The rights of UK citizens living in the EU will also remain the same and the administration procedure for those concerned will be "cheap and simple", Mr Juncker added. |