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Brexit Demands Unite EU Leaders

Brexit Demands Unite EU Leaders
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European Union leaders will give an unprecedented show of unity at a summit in Brussels Saturday as they adopt tough guidelines for two years of Brexit talks.

Brexit Demands Unite EU Leaders

The heads of the remaining 27 countries are set to demand that Britain resolves the key divorce issues of "people, money and Ireland" before any talks on a future EU-UK trade deal can begin.

The united front comes hot on the heels of a war of words between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Theresa May over the negotiations.

EU President Donald Tusk said in a letter to the leaders that "before discussing our future, we must first sort out our past" and urged them to "unite around this key principle".

In a further move that will rile London, the EU is also set to back automatic membership for Northern Ireland if it reunifies with Ireland, and call for Spain to have a say over any deal that affects Gibraltar.

They will also discuss for the first time the spoils of Brexit -- the relocation of EU medical and banking agencies that are currently based in London.

The EU 27 have considerably toughened the guidelines since Tusk first unveiled them in March, shortly after May triggered the two-year Brexit process.

Brussels officials insisted that the EU was more united than ever on Brexit, after years of bitter internal divisions on everything from the euro and migration to how to tackle growing Euroscepticism.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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