Michel Barnier: After the transition of Brexit, we do not know

Michel Barnier, EU chief negotiator on Brexit, arrived in Vilnius on Wednesday, along with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Foreign Minister Lina Linkevičiūtė.

Journalists were asked whether UK citizens currently living in the United Kingdom who are already legally present in this country or who will arrive before the official entry into force of Brexit in 2019. March 29 and up to At the end of the transition period in 2020. December 31, will be able to stay in Britain and continue to, p. Barnier replied: "My answer is positive if we are talking about Lithuanians, French, Germans who have already chosen life in the UK in the past, or who choose it before the end of 2020. But I do not tell what will happen to Lithuanians and other Europeans who decide to come to the Kingdom after 2020, as this will depend on Britain's future immigration policy. I still do not know what it will be. "

The need to preserve and protect the rights of all Lithuanians who are already in the UK," Barnier stressed both the President and the Foreign Minister at Wednesday's meetings. Such an agreement with London will be concluded.

Great Britain has already announced the terms of official registration and obtaining permission to stay in this country after the l 39; the entry into force of Brexit for all EU citizens who find it, although it is true that certain specific details of the implementation of this procedure are still being negotiated.

Analysts are concerned that the EU and the UK are failing to successfully negotiate the British withdrawal from the Community by the end of the autumn of this year.In this case, there could be problems after the end of the withdrawal in March.

Mr Linkevicius, it would be inappropriate to reject the option that Brussels and London will not be able to negotiate a future relationship until the country has left the EU. "Until all the elements have been solved, there is nothing to agree – this must be understood and it is not necessary to reject such an option that might not be to time".

At the same time, the head of Lithuanian diplomacy said that he thought that "the negotiators would nevertheless succeed in reaching an agreement".

The same and p. Barnier According to him, up to now, negotiations on relations after divorce have already reached about 80%.

Meeting with the EU's Chief Negotiator, M. According to the presidential press release, Grybauskaite "stressed the priorities of Lithuania in negotiating both the withdrawal of the UK and the new model for the future of this country and the EU. "

financial commitments and a transition period until 2020. "But the negotiations are behind schedule."

"There is still no solution to avoid a border on the Irish island.The UK has not yet decided what kind of future model it wants. risk that, before the planned departure date of the UK in 2019, the agreement will not be concluded in March.According to the president, in the case of uncontrolled Brexit divorces everyone would lose. therefore require faster progress in resolving the remaining withdrawal issues in the UK and creating a mutually beneficial model for future relations, "the report says.

Among the important priorities for Lithuania, the President mentioned the need and in the future to preserve the closest bilateral trade and defense relations.

In accordance with the agreed timetable, negotiations between the United Kingdom and the EU are expected to end in July. m October The official departure of Great Britain is scheduled to take place in 2019. March 29 It has been provisionally agreed that the transitional withdrawal period will last until 2020. December 31

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