Brexit: the EU 27 agree on their negotiations guidelines for the UK’s exit from the EU

Gathered together in summit on 29 April the heads of the twenty-seven EU Member States (i.e. without the UK) adopted guidelines for managing the UK’s EU exit.
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One thing that is clear for the EU 27 is that “A non-member of the Union, that does not live up to the same obligations as a member, cannot have the same rights and enjoy the same benefits as a member.” Adopted on 29 April, the European Council (Art. 50) guidelines for Brexit negotiations intend that the first negotiation stage “aims to provide as much clarity and legal certainty as possible to citizens, businesses, stakeholders and “to set out the arrangements according to which the UK (…) dis

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