UK holds dialogue with leaders, no Brexit pre-negotiation: May’s spokesman

Replying to a question in the Commons from Conservative MP Peter Lilley, Mrs May said she hoped the issue would be examined early during the Brexit negotiations, which can not begin until she has triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

The handwritten note, which also said Britain would be unlikely to stay in the EU’s single market, was pictured being carried by an aide to Mark Field, vice-chairman of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party, after a meeting with Brexit officials in Downing Street.

“This has been an excellent summit”.

“We are extremely concerned that members of the commission, particularly commissioner Barnier, seem worryingly indifferent to securing reciprocal rights for our and your resident citizens”, the MPs charged.

According to the memo, European Union lead negotiator Michel Barnier wants to see the “what deal looks like first” before Article 50 implementation.

This would be the “morally right thing to do” she said, adding that the 27 other European Union member states would then find it impossible not to match the UK’s offer.

He urged ministers to keep single-market access for businesses and to relieve the short-term uncertainty over Brexit, saying it’s making it more hard for companies to make investment decisions.

“We are all wondering how this process will go”.

Mark Carney is calling for bosses to demand a period of continuity after the Brexit negotiations conclude, in order to prepare for the terms of whatever deal the government can strike in Brussels – whatever that may end up looking like. We want the new relations to be built on mutual trust.

CETA took over seven years to negotiate and almost collapsed at the eleventh hour before it was finally signed by the Canadian government and EU.

But the government said EEA membership ends when the United Kingdom leaves the EU.

“Europol is one of those, we are a major contributor to Europol”.

“Got to be done in parallel – 20 odd negotiations”.

At the moment, Britain is a single market member – meaning we have entirely free barriers but business leaders have called for the government to secure access to the single market and keep close ties with European Union countries.

For what it’s worth, I think this is a good thing to do. Don’t want instability in Europe.

Mr Tomlinson, deputy chairman of the pro-Brexit European Research Group, said: “People are not bargaining chips”. “They are throwing a fish to see how we react”.

Worries from customers about future insurance cover meant insurers would look to establish branches and subsidiaries in Britain and Europe as protection against a possible loss of passporting rights, the IUA said.

Szydlo said Brexit was “not the most important topic” at the talks, which focused on the economy, trade, science, culture and defense.

“We have been very clear that we will guarantee the rights of European citizens in this country provided that the rights of British citizens are similarly protected across the EU”.

The Brexit department would not detail the goal of Field’s visit to Downing Street or who he had been meeting.