Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat addresses a news conference outside his office at Auberge de Castille after the presentation of the 2017 Budget speech in Valletta, Malta, October 17, 2016. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/Files
VALLETTA (Reuters) - The prime minister of Malta, who will oversee the launch of Britain's negotiations to leave the EU, warned on Wednesday that the European Parliament could "scuttle" any Brexit deal and must be involved in talks.
Joseph Muscat, whose government has the presidency of European Union ministerial councils until June, told a news conference he had rarely seen EU member states as united as they were in preparing to negotiate a deal he said must not leave Britain in a better position than it is in now as a member.
