On Monday, the chief of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker (2nd from r), his right-hand Frans Timmermans (l) and Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier (2nd from l) visited the European Parliament's Brexit steering group (Photo: European Commission)

MEPs positive on Brexit deal, but with provisos

EU & the World

EU Political

by Peter Teffer, Brussels,

The European Parliament will vote on a resolution next Wednesday (13 December) which will recommend to EU leaders that they move to the next phase of Brexit negotiations.

Four MEPs presented the draft resolution on Friday afternoon (8 December), after the UK and EU achieved their initial deal earlier in the day.

The parliament's Brexit coordinator, liberal Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt, told journalists that the draft text wa...