EU affairs ministers are expected to sign off the negotiating mandate for the transition period in Brexit talks next Monday (30 January) in Brussels.
The adoption of the mandate for EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier will open the way for negotiations on the specifics of the transition to start.
Ministers meeting in the EU Council will say that the transition period should end on 31 December 2020, to coincide with the new cycle of the EU budget.
British prime minister The...
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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.