UKs May tells business leaders EU wants autumn Brexit deal
UKs May tells business leaders EU wants autumn Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May told business leaders on Friday she had come away from this week`s European Council meeting in Brussels with a sense that EU leaders wanted to reach a Brexit deal as soon as possible this autumn, her office said.
"She acknowledged that there were a few significant issues that were still outstanding, but said that the very real sense she had from leaders around the table at the Council was that they wanted to reach a deal as soon as possible this autumn," her office said in a statement.
In a conference call, she had also spoken of the so-called Northern Irish backstop designed to prevent the erection of a hard border on the island of Ireland, it added.
"If required, this would ... only be necessary for a temporary period to act as a bridge to the future relationship," she had said on the call.
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