EU wants May to make firm offers now for Brexit deal - Barnier


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  • Thursday, 21 Sep 2017

European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier arrives to meet Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni in Rome, Italy September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

ROME (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May should make the EU firm offers by next week to break deadlock in Brexit talks if she wants an orderly withdrawal and transition to a new relationship, the bloc's negotiator said on Thursday.

Speaking to the Italian parliament on the eve of a speech that May will deliver in Florence, Michel Barnier said he was wondering why there was still "major uncertainty" on all key issues Brussels wanted settled before opening talks on the transition to a future trade deal it expects her to ask for.

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