Make EU gentleman's agreement with Britain binding - EU lawmakers


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  • Tuesday, 12 Dec 2017

European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt arrives at a meeting on Brexit with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (not pictured) at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament will insist on quickly making the deal reached between the European Union and Britain on divorce terms legally binding, worried London may not honour a gentleman's agreement, the parliament's chief Brexit coordinator said.

The EU and Britain, which is will leave the EU in March 2019, agreed last Friday on the divorce terms in three key areas -- a financial settlement, citizens' rights and how to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.

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