EU negotiator Michel Barnier insisted Tuesday that the long-planned October 18 summit in Brussels remains the “moment of truth” for his team and his British counterpart. British Prime Minister Theresa May will brief her 27 EU counterparts on the state of the Brexit talks at a dinner hosted by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Wednesday. “We will discuss how to organise the final phase of the Brexit talks,” EU Council President Donald Tusk said, in a letter inviting the 28 leaders to the informal summit. They will consider, he added, “the possibility of calling” a special summit in November after having initially set October’s formal summit as the deadline. Tusk, who chairs the council of EU member state leaders, has played down expectations on migration.

Source: Manila Times September 19, 2018 04:29 UTC