BREAKING: Tusk and Juncker REJECT May’s plan and tell PM EU citizens would be WORSE off
BRUSSELS chief Donald Tusk this afternoon launched an extraordinary attack on Theresa May’s approach to Brexit, telling the prime minister her stance on citizens’ rights is creating a “worsening situation”.
By NICK GUTTERIDGE, BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT
Express.co.uk
Fri, Jun 23, 2017
In a remarkably candid intervention the EU Council chief says the prime minister’s offer over the futures of EU citizens in Britain was “below our expectations” and said the bloc would fight for a significantly better deal.
Amid extraordinary scenes he told Mrs May her opening gambit “risks worsening the situation” and swatted aside the importance of the UK by saying Brexit discussions had “taken up very little of our time” during the summit.
He told reporters: “It’s obvious that the impact of Brexit in the citizens’ rights area is negative and our role is to reduce these negative, but unfortunately objective outcomes and effects of Brexit.
“If we compare that, it’s of course just the first impression, if we compare the current level of citizens’ rights to what we have heard from the British prime minister it’s obvious that this is about reducing the citizens’ rights of the EU citizens in the UK and our role during the negotiations is to reduce this risk.”
More to follow.
