The remaining 27 member states will, on Friday 23 March, approve the terms of the post-Brexit transition period that will apply to the United Kingdom between 30 March 2019 and 29 December 2020, in line with the agreement reached on Monday between the European Commission and the UK government (see EUROPE 11984).
Following a moment of suspense as a result of questions from Spain over the wording on Gibraltar in the provisional agreement on UK withdrawal, Council President Donald Tusk finally...