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EU Says It Can Start Formal Brexit Negotiations as of May 22

EghtesadOnline: The European Union will only begin substantial Brexit negotiations as of May 22, according to an EU official with knowledge of the discussions, leaving a window of less than 18 months for the U.K to reach a compromise for an orderly withdrawal.
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Publish Date:01/April/2017 | 18:41

Brexit Ultimatums Will Backfire on the U.K., Sweden Warns

EghtesadOnline: Taking a hard line in Brexit negotiations will hurt the U.K. That’s the message from Sweden, one of Britain’s closest allies in the European Union, just days before Prime Minister Theresa May triggers Article 50 and starts negotiations to leave the bloc after more than four decades of an ambivalent relationship.
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Publish Date:27/March/2017 | 13:06

A Bad Brexit Deal May Be Better Than No Deal After All

EghtesadOnline: The mantra within the British government as it prepares to hammer out the terms of its break-up with the European Union is that no deal is better than a bad deal.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 06:01

EU Throws Down Brexit Gauntlet to U.K. as Talks Edge Closer

EghtesadOnline: European Union governments threw down the gauntlet to the U.K. ahead of Brexit talks, listing demands Prime Minister Theresa May must satisfy before they will discuss the trade deal she wants and urging her to be more realistic in her expectations.
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Publish Date:01/May/2017 | 03:52

EU Shows Support to Tough Brexit Stance as Preparations Continue

EghtesadOnline: Governments lent broad support to European Union President Donald Tusk’s tough Brexit negotiating stance when diplomats met Tuesday for the first time since the U.K. formally triggered departure talks.
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Publish Date:12/April/2017 | 08:43

EU Puts the Squeeze on U.K. as Brexit Negotiation Clock Ticks

EghtesadOnline: The European Union told U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May she will have to wait almost two months for Brexit negotiations to begin and that talks on a trade deal can come in the fall, but only if she first agrees to pay an exit bill.
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Publish Date:01/April/2017 | 18:48

Brexit Begins as EU's Tusk Receives Divorce Papers from U.K.

EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Theresa May set the U.K. on course for leaving the European Union in two years’ time, a divorce that will redefine the country’s relationship with its largest trading partner and end decades of deepening political integration on the continent.
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Publish Date:29/March/2017 | 13:08

Juncker Puts Price on Brexit as Italy Offers Early Trade Talks

EghtesadOnline: The U.K. will have to pay a bill of about 50 billion pounds ($62 billion) when it leaves the European Union, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warned as Britain prepares to trigger the start of Brexit negotiations.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 05:56

U.K. to Trigger Brexit March 29, Starting Two Years of Talks

EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Theresa May will file divorce papers to leave the European Union on March 29, launching two years of complex negotiations that will pit the U.K.’s need for a trade deal against the bloc’s view that Britain shouldn’t benefit from Brexit.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 24:44