Tusk frustrates May’s hope for Brexit talks about trade
THERESA May’s hope of a breakthrough in Brexit negotiations were dashed yesterday after EU top brass said too little progress had been made.
After meeting the PM at No10, European Council President Donald Tusk said Britain must deliver on citizens’ rights and the Northern Ireland border before talks can move on to cover trade.
The Tory leader had hoped her Florence speech last week would end the stand-off and allow negotiations on a future relationship to start in October. But, describing Brexit as an exercise in “damage control”, Mr Tusk said: “We will discuss our future relations with the UK once there is so-called sufficient progress… I would say there is no sufficient progress yet.” London Mayor Sadiq Khan yesterday outlined how it would be “possible” for Labour to have a second EU referendum.