Donald Tusk tells UK: You can still stop Brexit

Top European Union official Donald Tusk has warned the “toughest stress test” of Brexit negotiations is still to come and suggested Britain could yet stay in the bloc.

 

With Theresa May hoping exit talks will move on to discussions about trade by the end of the year, the European Council president insisted it is “up to London” how the negotiations will end.

 

“With a good deal, no deal or no Brexit,” Mr Tusk added, in a report to the European Parliament on last week’s gathering of EU leaders in Brussels.

 

At the summit, the other 27 EU member states refused to sanction the second phase of Brexit negotiations – on a possible post-Brexit trade deal and transitional arrangements – but agreed to begin their own internal preparatory talks on the subject.

 

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