The European Union and the UK began Brexit talks on Monday.
Brexit talks started in Brussels in an atmosphere of optimism and transparency, one year since the referendum of June 23, 2016, when Britons decided to leave the European Union. Chief negotiators Michel Barnier and David Davis have set up three working groups, established a meeting timetable, once a month, and identified the main priorities during the negotiation process. European chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has more on the issue:
"Today we've started to talk about three key issues. We have to commit together to guaranteeing the citizens on either side of the Channel that they can continue their lives as in the past, we have to close the accounts and honour our financial commitments, we have to find solutions to keep all the pledges stipulated in the agreement on Northern Ireland. Eliminating uncertainties relative to these issues, we will lay the basis for the needed confidence to later build a new partnership between the EU and the UK."
Michel Barnier gave assurances that the 27 states are united and want to have a fair agreement with the Britons and not against them. In turn, the UK's Brexit Secretary, David Davis, has said the citizens' rights are very important during the negations:
"Ever since the referendum, I have been clear that my first priority is to provide certainty to European Union citizens living in the United Kingdom, and to UK citizens resident in the European Union - and I know Michel shares that aspiration too. So now that the negotiations have started, we are determined to get on with the job and deliver that certainty as soon as possible."
David Davis has announced that Prime Minister Theresa May will present the European leaders with negotiation offers on the citizens' rights at the European summit to be held in Brussels later this week. Afterwards the main guidelines of this proposal will be published in a document by the London government. Concurrently with Brussels' officially launching Brexit talks, the Romanian Government's inter-ministerial working group on Brexit discussed in Bucharest about the negotiation files between the 27 EU member states and Great Britain.
Romania's minister delegate for European Affairs, Ana Birchall, has said Romania will actively participate in consolidating a stance to reflect the interests of the 27 EU member states during the negotiations. She said the European Commission's mandate during the negotiations also includes Romania's objectives, which are mainly aimed at safeguarding the rights of the Romanians domiciled in the United Kingdom. The working group has also talked about preparing Romania's candidacy to host the European Medicines Agency, after it is relocated from London.
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