European Council President Donald Tusk announced at a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday 21 March that the special European summit to prepare for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU will take place on Saturday 29 April, one month after the triggering of Article 50, announced for 29 March (see EUROPE 11749).
The purpose of this special European summit, which will not be attended by Theresa May, will be to adopt guidelines for the Brexit talks. The...