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Italy: British Leader Tries to Prod Along Brexit Negotiations

Sep 22, 2017 | 20:19 GMT

(Stratfor)

The British government wants to wrap up Brexit negotiations as quickly as possible so that negotiators can move on to the next stage of talks, during which the terms of a future bilateral relationship with the European Union will be set. But the past three rounds of talks have yielded little progress, so British Prime Minister Theresa May used a speech in Florence, Italy on Sept. 22 to present her proposals for the future to accelerate Brexit negotiations. May touched upon controversial issues -- such as the British budget -- in an attempt to breathe new life into the languishing negotiations....

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