Since May's Conservative Party failed to win a majority in last week's general election, there has been a lot of debate over the impact on the Brexit discussions and whether the British government will be more open to compromise on some issues, like the trade.
The first round of formal negotiations on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union will begin on June 19, it has been confirmed.
In a joint EU and United Kingdom statement issued later on Thursday, officials said: "Michel Barnier, the European Commission's Chief Negotiator and David Davis, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, agreed today to launch Article 50 negotiations on Monday June 19".
The Chancellor of the Exchequer will say at an annual address to bankers in London's financial district that the U.K.is in talks with EIB officials to ensure the institution continues to offer loans for infrastructure and other projects while Brexit talks are ongoing, according to excerpts of his prepared remarks released by his office in advance.
The British government says that the talks to leave the European Union will start Monday, as planned.
Protesters storm local town hall after deadly London fire
Residents organisation Grenfell Action Group had earlier claimed that the block constituted a fire risk. In her statement May said: "We need to know what happened, we need to have an explanation of this".
Since her gamble on a snap election failed a week ago, May has come under pressure from some in her own party to change her approach to Brexit talks. As the European Union has itself said, "nothing is agreed, until everything is agreed".
He will meet with Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator, on Monday.
Britain's Department for Exiting the European Union denied that the country has given up on its aim of discussing all aspects of its departure and future relations simultaneously. But since May instead lost her House of Commons majority, he has emerged as a key figure in Brexit talks.
The Prime Minister has insisted the United Kingdom will leave the single market, replace customs union membership with a new deal and end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.
European affairs ministers are also expected, next Tuesday, to further work on the criteria for the relocation of the two EU agencies, the banking authority and the medicine agency, from the UK.
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