The European Parliament President Tajani commented on British Prime Minister Theresa May’s statement to the EU leaders in Brussels with key quotes, via Reuters, found below.
- EU wants deal with Britain but not at any price.
- European Parliament in favour of extending post-Brexit transition period to three years.
- British PM May’s tone was more relaxed than in Salzburg but I did not see anything substantially new in terms of content.
- May’s tone was of someone who wants to reach agreement but there is no change in content.
- PM May highlighted importance of UK single market but we are defending integrity of our single market.
- There is still time to try to reach Brexit deal.
- Hopefully, it will be possible to make steps forward in the next weeks on Brexit.