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The view from Europe: What the EU is saying about the UK's Brexit turmoil

2018-11-17 08:06:00       source:CNBC

November 16, 2018


With a flurry of resignations in Westminster, and speculation that Prime Minister Theresa May could be pushed out, the spotlight has turned away from Brussels and is firmly focused on the political turmoil in the U.K.


But at the EU institutions and across the 27 European countries, officials and politicians have a difficult balancing act. They must be reluctant to pile yet more pressure on May but with just over four months left until the deadline for Brexit, they need to remind the U.K that time is of the essence.


Indeed, the message is that May’s current Brexit draft is the exit deal and there’s no time to negotiate something else before the U.K.’s departure on March 29.


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