EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier (R) arrives for a meeting with European Union leaders on Brexit negotiations, on the second day of a European Union summit, on December 15, 2017 in Brussels.EU leaders were set to unlock the next stage of Brexit negotiations at a summit today after applauding British Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce proposals. Her 27 EU counterparts are set to agree there has been sufficient progress on negotiating key separation issues, including Britain’s exit bill and the Irish border, to move talks onto Britain’s future relationship with the bloc./ AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNANDBritish Prime Minister Theresa May was set to avoid a damaging parliamentary defeat after rebels in her party appeared to strike a compromise over the exact timing of Brexit.
The government is trying to pass major domestic legislation to implement Brexit, and had wanted to enshrine the leaving date of March 29, 2019 in British law, two years after serving its intention to withdraw.
Brexit rebel MPs compromise with UK govt over key bill
