LONDON (AP) – Britain and the EU are preparing to head back to the Brexit negotiating table after a speech by Prime Minister Theresa May that received a cautious welcome from the bloc’s leaders.
May offered Friday to keep paying the EU and following its rules during a two-year transition period after the U.K. formally leaves in March 2019.
French President Emmanuel Macron praised the tone of May’s speech. But he says clarity still is needed on three big issues: the rights of European citizens, the amount Britain must pay to settle its obligations to the EU, and the status of the Irish border.
British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers her speech, in Florence, Italy, Friday Sept. 22, 2017. May will try Friday to revive foundering Brexit talks – and unify her fractious government – by proposing a two-year transition after Britain’s departure from the European Union in 2019 during which the U.K. would continue to pay into the bloc’s coffers. (AP Photo/Maurizio Degl’Innocenti, Pool)
He said “if those three points are not clarified, then we cannot move forward on the rest.”
Negotiators are due to start a fourth round of Brexit talks on Monday.
British Prime Minister Theresa May answers journalists questions, in Florence, Italy, Friday Sept. 22, 2017. May will try Friday to revive foundering Brexit talks – and unify her fractious government – by proposing a two-year transition after Britain’s departure from the European Union in 2019 during which the U.K. would continue to pay into the bloc’s coffers. (AP Photo/Maurizio Degl’Innocenti, Pool)
French President French President Emmanuel Macron walks out of the Elysee Palace as he awaits European Parliament President Antonio Tajani in Paris, France, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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