European Union sets out stall with position on Brexit trade talks

An investigator from Britain's Information Commissioners Office is seen inside the building

An investigator from Britain's Information Commissioners Office is seen inside the building

Following the news that the European Council had agreed a Brexit deadline of the end of 2020, FDF director general Ian Wright said: "The UK's 7,000 food and drink manufacturers will welcome the certainty today's agreement brings".

The 27 leaders meeting in Brussels adopted negotiating guidelines for talks on the future relationship with Britain and approved a deal for a 21-month transition period.

Broadly unchanged from draft versions published earlier this month, the final document reasserts the EU's "determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the United Kingdom in future" while warning Theresa May's insistence on leaving both the customs union and single market "will inevitably lead to frictions in trade" and "negative economic consequences".

The guidelines say the European Union is committed to working towards a "balanced, ambitious and wide-ranging" future free trade agreement, but insists it can not offer the "same benefits" as single market membership.

Theresa May called for a "new dynamic" in the next stage of negotiations following a Brussels summit dominated by her successful appeal, working closely with President Macron of France, for other European Union countries to take against Russian Federation over the Salisbury attack. The text lays out a limited, agreed-on transition period that will follow the Brexit date of March 29, 2019.

Britain was infuriated, saying that it infringed on its sovereignty over "the Rock".

"I believe we are approaching this with a spirit of cooperation, a spirit of opportunity for the future as well".

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"Leaders will assess in June if the Irish question has been resolved and how to go about a common declaration on our future", he told reporters.

Britain is leaving the EU's single market and customs union, but the prospect of new border checks between Northern Ireland and EU-member Ireland have sparked concerns about the fragile peace on the island.

Just weeks earlier May had said no British premier could ever accept such an idea, which would meant cutting off Northern Ireland from the rest of the British economy.

Mrs May said on Friday: "We will now be sitting down and determining those workable solutions for Northern Ireland but also for our future security partnership and economic partnership".

"If we can have an agreement on the terms backstop or an alternative to the backstop before June, that's something we would very much welcome", Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar said after the summit.

Gibraltar has been under British control since 1713 but Madrid has long wanted it back.

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