‘Sufficient progress’ has been made in Brexit talks, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said, paving the way for talks on the future UK-EU relationships.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Brussels, Belgium, following overnight talks on the issue of the Irish border.
May said there would be no hard border and the Good Friday Agreement would be upheld. Also, EU citizens in the UK “will be able to go on living as before”.
May said the agreement would guarantee the rights of three million EU citizens in the UK. Their rights would be “enshrined in UK law and enforced by British courts”.
Juncker added that the rights of UK citizens living in the EU will also remain the same and the administration procedure for those concerned will be “cheap and simple”.
The DUP said there was still “more work to be done” and how it votes on the final deal “will depend on its content”.
Speaking at a press conference in Brussels, Juncker said that “today’s result is of course a compromise”, adding that negotiations had been “difficult for both the UK and the EU”.
May said getting to this point had “required give and take from both sides”.
