Juncker, a veteran premier of Luxembourg, knows “what it’s like to be a prime minister in trouble”, one EU official said. “We have made good progress, the second phase of talks can start,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar cautioned that there were “quite divergent opinions” on how a new relationship and transition would look. But the next, more decisive phase is likely to lay bare the deep rifts among her top team of ministers over what Britain should become after Brexit. “It means, for example, that the financial sector of London will have a considerable disadvantage to the position they have now,” Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.

Source: Pakistan Today December 15, 2017 17:26 UTC