"Our objective is clear".
Brexit Secretary David Davis has said Britain will seek "a deal that works in the best interests of all citizens" in Brexit talks getting under way in Brussels.
Nearly exactly a year after Britain's seismic referendum to leave the bloc, the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier of France, welcomed his counterpart David Davis with a cheery handshake at the European Commission in Brussels.
"I hope today we can identify priorities and a timetable that would allow me to report to the European Council (summit) later this week that we had a constructive opening of negotiations", added the former European commissioner and French foreign minister, speaking against a backdrop of British and EU flags.
May's government said in a statement it was "confident it can achieve a bold and ambitious deal that will work in the interest of the whole U.K".
Speaking alongside Mr Macron, the PM said: "We have been very clear we want to maintain a close relationship and a close partnership with the European Union and individual member states into the future, including in the areas we've discussed this evening".
Pinstripe Print Group managing director Nigel Lyon said there had been a huge amount of rhetoric since last year's Brexit vote but felt both sides will ultimately arrive at a fair deal.
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United Kingdom negotiator David Davis and the EU's Barnier have one key issue over the first weeks of talks: building trust after months of haggling over leaks and figures over the final bill that Britain would have to pay for leaving.
MAM reports that the European Union chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has indicated that June 19 will be the first formal day of Brexit talks.
And even when May finally triggered the two-year unraveling process on March 29, she followed it up with an early election she counted on winning big, only to lose her majority in the June 8 poll. As it happened, May lost her majority, is in the process of forming a shaky "confidence and supply" arrangement with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), and the Queen's Speech is yet to go ahead.
A key issue he did not mention was the EU's bill for Britain to leave, which Brussels estimates at a colossal 100 billion euros.
He added: "That being said, a sovereign decision was taken by the British people and that is to come out of the European Union and I very much respect the decisions taken by the people, be it by the French people or the British people".
"The most important thing for us is to look to the horizon, raise our eyes to the horizon".
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