“Colleagues, within a few weeks, we will start the process of separation.” So said Guy Verhofstadt, the Belgian MEP and the European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator on Wednesday morning. MEPs will get a vote on the eventual Brexit deal.
Setting out his desire for a “new and stable relationship” between the UK and the EU, Verhofstadt nevertheless moved on. “Brexit is not only about Brexit,” he said, in a dig at Theresa May’s famous phrase. “Brexit is also about our capacity to give rebirth to our European project.”
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