Photo: AFPEU powerhouses France and Germany on Saturday warned Britain to expect no favours from Brussels once negotiations on the terms of Brexit finally get under way next week. That said, Hollande reiterated that a country leaving the European Union could not be seen to have benefited from the move. "It is a shame she is not here," a senior European official told AFP. EU officials expect Britain's permanent representative in Brussels, Tim Barrow, to personally hand the withdrawal letter to European Council President Donald Tusk on Wednesday. As one European diplomat noted drily, that is Malta's independence day -- "which marks when British tanks and soldiers left the island!"

Source: The Local March 25, 2017 12:56 UTC