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The Latest: UK's May gets kisses at last-ditch Brexit talks

The Latest: UK’s May gets kisses at last-ditch Brexit talks

LONDON(AP) — The Latest on talks about Britain’s departure from the European Union (all times local):

8:30 p.m.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has arrived in France for Brexit late talks with EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker on the eve before the British Parliament votes again on a divorce agreement.

Juncker kissed May twice on the cheeks when she arrived at the European Parliament. EU Brexit…

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BRUSSELS | The Latest: Romania calls on UK to respect EU citizen rights

BRUSSELS | The Latest: Romania calls on UK to respect EU citizen rights

BRUSSELS— The Latest on Brexit (all times local):

3:30 p.m. Romania’s president is stressing how important it is for Romanians and other European Union citizens in the U.K. to have their rights respected after it leaves bloc.

In a meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Brussels, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said the divorce deal was “important… to guarantee the rights of…

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LONDON | The Latest: EU chief says May had no plan for help on Brexit

LONDON | The Latest: EU chief says May had no plan for help on Brexit

LONDON — The latest on Brexit (all times local): 11:25 p.m.

EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says British Prime Minister Theresa May failed to bring a clear plan for how the European Union should help her get the Brexit deal past her recalcitrant parliament.

Juncker says that the British “still need to say what they want instead of asking us what we want.”

He said early Tuesday after…

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LONDON | If Brexit changes are off the table, time for 'reassurances'

LONDON | If Brexit changes are off the table, time for ‘reassurances’

LONDON— Britain’s prime minister concedes Parliament won’t approve her Brexit plan without changes. The European Union says no changes are possible.

So what’s a politician to do? Play with words.

A day after Prime Minister Theresa May canceled a Brexit vote she was sure to lose, leaders on both sides of the Channel sought Tuesday to salvage their deal.

European leaders made clear they would not…

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BRUSSELS | The Latest: NIreland party firmly opposed to Brexit deal

BRUSSELS | The Latest: NIreland party firmly opposed to Brexit deal

BRUSSELS— The Latest on Britain’s exit from the European Union (all times local):

12:15 p.m. The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland says there are no circumstances under which her party would support the current Brexit deal.

Arlene Foster said minutes after the deal was endorsed by European Union leaders in Brussels on Sunday that her party is firmly opposed to its…

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ROME | Italy's leader to EU: we won't budge on debt-swelling budget

ROME | Italy’s leader to EU: we won’t budge on debt-swelling budget

ROME— Italy’s leader says the government won’t budge on its debt-swelling budget plans as he heads to Brussels for European Union talks.

Premier Giuseppe Conte said Saturday his populist coalition will forge ahead with promised reforms that the EU warns could trigger sanctions.

Conte said he’ll use his working dinner Saturday night with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker to “keep the…

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BRUSSELS | Spain to back Brexit deal after UK agrees to Gibraltar terms

BRUSSELS | Spain to back Brexit deal after UK agrees to Gibraltar terms

BRUSSELS  — The European Union removed the last major obstacle to sealing an agreement on Brexit after Spain said it had reached a deal Saturday with Britain over Gibraltar on the eve of an EU summit.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will then have the momentous task to sell the deal to her recalcitrant Parliament and a nation still fundamentally split whether the U.K. should leave the EU on…

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BRUSSELS | The Latest: EU 'closer' to agreement over Spanish objections

BRUSSELS | The Latest: EU ‘closer’ to agreement over Spanish objections

BRUSSELS — The Latest on Brexit negotiations (all times local):

3 p.m. The European Union is close to reaching an agreement to ease Spanish concerns about the future of Gibraltar in Brexit talks.

EU spokesman Preben Aamann said on Twitter Saturday that after a phone conversation between Spanish Premier Pedro Sanchez and EU Council President Donald Tusk, “we are closer” to an agreement ahead of…

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