On Wednesday 7 March, the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, presented a first draft of guidelines on the approach to be taken by the EU27 in upcoming trade negotiations with the United Kingdom, as well as on future links uniting the two parties in areas such as security and defence.
The “draft guidelines”, which circulated in the press which were to be discussed during the day by the permanent representatives of the EU27, do not enter into detail due, in particular, to the...