“There was extensive discussion of citizens’ rights with both the PM and Weber confirming that the issue was their foremost concern. But Davis remains wary of tabling any aggregate figure without knowing the outlines of any future trading relationship. “After my talk today it is extremely crucial that we find further and more direct channels of communications,” he said. The EPP is the largest political grouping in the European parliament and until 2009 included British Conservative MEPs. Privately European officials are hopeful that progress could now come quite rapidly as the clock ticks down to the December summit.

Source: The Guardian November 15, 2017 21:10 UTC