Forget hard Brexit or soft Brexit, European officials have been instructed to prepare for a “dirty Brexit.”
Theresa May had hoped to use her first European Council meeting to prepare for smooth divorce negotiations early next year. But EU leaders were not in a cooperative mood.
The U.K. prime minister’s confrontational Conservative Party conference speech hung in the air for much of the summit. Promising to bring in immigration checks for EU workers, among other things, had poisoned the atmosphere.
Beforehand, the prime minister’s aides were happy that she’d been given a slot over dinner to address her partners, claiming it as a …read more
Source: European Voice
