The Prime Minister is to meet the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, for Brexit discussions at Downing Street today.
The meeting to discuss “the way ahead on Brexit” comes less than a week after Mr Tusk announced the EU’s draft guidelines for EU exit negotiations in response to Theresa May triggering Article 50.
It is expected the simmering tensions between Spain and the UK over Gibraltar will be on the agenda, after the guidelines effectively gave Spain a veto over the British territory’s future, triggering an angry response from politicians.
Former Conservative leader Lord Howard told Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme that Theresa May would show the same resolve to defend Gibraltar as Margaret Thatcher did the Falklands.
Spanish foreign minister Alfonso Dastis responded by telling the UK to calm down and not to “lose tempers”.
Mr Tusk disclosed he would be visiting Mrs May for talks ahead of the EU summit meeting at the end of the month when he unveiled the Brexit negotiation guidelines last week.
Also on the agenda is likely to be the timing of trade talks.
The draft guidelines said the UK would have to make “sufficient progress” on key divorce issues such as settling the Brexit bill and guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens before starting talks on a future trade deal with the EU.
However, MEPs in the European Parliament on Wednesday voted to delay trade talks until the key issues on Brexit were “fully resolved” – setting the bar for the UK higher.
In an interview with Sky News this week, Mrs May conceded that the UK might not get a trade deal signed off in the two years she had previously suggested.
The Prime Minister had wanted to see trade discussions start at the same time as the talks over the Brexit agreement.
She also appeared to soften her stance on freedom of movement after Brexit, indicating curbs would not be imposed in the immediate aftermath of leaving the EU.
Labour accused her of breaking her Brexit promises.
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