24/01/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 24 January, the 27 national ambassadors to the EU (Coreper 'Article 50') approved and slightly amended the draft negotiating directive with the UK on the post-Brexit transition period that the European Commission proposed setting at the end of 2020 (see EUROPE 11930). These negotiating directives call on London to apply the whole acquis communautaire during this period, but without any decision-making power. The question of the UK's ability to...