The 'sherpas' of the EU27 met again in Brussels on Monday 24 April to assess the draft guidelines of the Council for the negotiations on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, to be adopted by the European leaders at the special summit of Twenty-Seven on Saturday 29 April.
According to an EU source, almost no changes have been made to the draft text other than a few marginal technical adjustments of no great importance. The discussions were consensual, the...