At a press conference in Valletta with Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on Friday 31 March, European Council President Donald Tusk presented the draft guidelines to steer negotiations with the United Kingdom. These guidelines, which have been sent out to the 27 capitals, will be adopted on 29 April by the European leaders and, unsurprisingly, take a fairly tough line with London.
The EU27 want to go into the negotiations in a position of strength. Negotiating the divorce from the...