Brexit: EU leaders says United Kingdom offer could "worsen situation"

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel too insisted that a huge number of issues remained open, though she welcomed May's first hint of a negotiating stand as "a good start". Summit chair Donald Tusk, a former Polish premier, found it "below expectations" and said it could leave people, including 800,000 Poles, worse off.

"Our role in the negotiations is to reduce this risk".

Brexit Secretary David Davis said full details of the proposals would be set out in a 15-page document today, after European Union leaders reacted dismissively to outlines of the plan revealed by Theresa May last week.

May said the UK wanted to protect the rights of EU citizens in the UK and the rights of UK expats in other European countries.

May said she was willing to agree on a "cutoff point" falling somewhere between when she formally triggered Article 50 procedures on March 29 of this year, and the date of March 2019 as proposed by the European Commission.

He said: "We think that there will be a transitional period, not that long".

However, no cut-off date for the package has been specified by Downing Street and further details of the plans will not be released until Monday, June 26.

"We don't want a wedge to be driven between us".

In particular, the EU wants its citizens to be able to enforce their rights in Britain through the European Court of Justice, something the Tory leader is against.

The election also forced a softening of May's previous Brexit strategy, which would have seen the United Kingdom leave the customs union and single market completely. The EU heads of state agreed on the need for a permanent defense cooperation scheme, their wish to increase measures to fight terrorist propaganda online, more means to develop the single market following positive economic outlooks, and reinforced commitment to the Paris Agreement's fight to end climate change.

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"For example, what about non-EU citizens who are related to European Union citizens?"

Those there for less would be allowed to stay until they reach the five-year threshold for "settled status".

"I don't feel safe with (May's offer) because I haven't been living here for five years".

She is expected to give more detail when she updates MPs about the summit in the House of Commons as 14:30 BST.

Paoletti, who moved to Britain in 2014, now intends to move to the Netherlands with his Dutch wife and son.

But it was also probably intended as an olive branch as she struggles to maintain her authority after losing her parliamentary majority in a snap election two weeks ago, leaving her Conservative party struggling to form a stable government and throwing her entire Brexit strategy into doubt.

Yet her aims have held.

However, her political weakness have generated concern that the divorce may not be orderly.

Asked about speculation that he and Philip Hammond are teaming up for a joint leadership bid, Mr Davis insisted that he supports the PM and compared her favourably to David Cameron's "essay crisis" style.

Describing "an island in chaos" compared to a continent growing in confidence in its economy and leaders like new French President Emmanuel Macron, Weber said: "It still seems that the United Kingdom government has no idea what they want to achieve".

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