Poland's priority for Brexit is to guarantee rights of Poles in Britain - PM


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  • Thursday, 19 Jan 2017

Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydlo waves as she arrives at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir - RTX2V64X

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's priority in Brexit talks will be to obtain a guarantee that the current rights of Poles living in Britain will be upheld, Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said on Thursday in Warsaw's first reaction to a decisive speech by her British counterpart.

In a highly anticipated speech on Wednesday, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May acknowledged for the first time that her government's Brexit strategy will require withdrawing from Europe's single market and limits on immigration from the continent.

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