The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has agreed to meet a delegation of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in Europe before formal talks with Britain. The meeting in Brussels on 28 March comes just two weeks after the House of Commons rejected an amendment to the article 50 bill which sought to guarantee an early deal on the rights of EU citizens in the UK. She has since received a permanent residency card but her case highlighted the stress and anxiety felt by the estimated 3 million EU citizens in the UK and 1.2 million British nationals settled in Europe. Davis said his commitment was to secure a deal for Britons and for EU citizens and not to separate them in negotiations. “The aim is make the whole package of EU and UK citizens together in one entity,” he said.

Source: The Guardian March 17, 2017 15:54 UTC