On Thursday 13 July, the EU's negotiator-in-chief for Brexit, Michel Barnier, received the leader of the British Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, the Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, to discuss with them the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU and to hear from everyone with an interest in this process, the Commission explained.
Sturgeon later issued a press release in which she described the meeting as constructive, as it had allowed her to reiterate that her priority was to defend the strategic interests of Scotland, by fighting tooth and nail against a hard Brexit that would damage employment and the economy of the country.
On the same day, the British government published three new negotiating documents on nuclear issues, legal proceedings underway and privileges and immunities related to the EU, but still nothing about the financial settlement. In these documents, the government states that it will leave Euratom at the same time as it leaves the EU. These documents will be discussed in the second round of talks on 17 July.
David Davies, the British Brexit minister, furthermore presented a bill on the withdrawal from the EU on Thursday morning, which will annul the European Communities Act of 1972 which transposed the Community treaties into British law, on the day the country actually leaves the EU. (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)