UK agrees to EU conditions on Brexit talks

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"We will work all the time with the UK, and never against the UK," Barnier (l) told Davis (r). (Photo: European Commission)
UK agrees to EU conditions on Brexit talks
EU & the World
EU Political
by Eszter Zalan and Eric Maurice, Brussels, 
The UK has agreed to conduct Brexit negotiations in two phases, as top negotiators met for the first time in Brussels on Monday (19 June) to launch talks on the UK exiting the EU. 
Brexit minister David Davis and the EU’s negotiator Michel Barnier held their first meeting in the European Commission building, while their teams discussed organisational issues.
"We agreed on dates, organisation, and we agreed on priorities for the negotiations,” Barnier said at a joint press conferen...
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Author BioEszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.
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"We will work all the time with the UK, and never against the UK," Barnier (l) told Davis (r). (Photo: European Commission)

Author Bio

Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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