Brexit: May urges EU leaders to put citizens' security first

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Citizens could be less safe if the United Kingdom UK must leave the main police agreements after the Brexit Theresa May warned European leaders

The UK claims that European negotiators block the agreement on tracing terrorists and sharing information after March 2019.

The EU says that when the UK becomes a "third country",

Ms. May urged European leaders to "take into account what is in the interest of the security of your citizens and mine ".

The prime minister said at a dinner in Brussels that the UK would mean that their ability to fight terrorism would be reduced.

"We would not be able to share real-time alerts for wanted people, including serious criminals," she said. less quickly to alerts for missing persons on both sides of the Channel and reunite them with their loved ones.

"Our collective ability to map terrorist networks across Europe and bring those responsible to justice would be reduced."

That's not what I want and I do not think that's what you want either, "said the Prime Minister.

She said that European leaders should ask their negotiators to allow the United Kingdom to continue to participate in mechanisms such as the Prum mechanism for the sharing of DNA profiles and the European Criminal Records Information System.

She urged them to "consider this which is in the interest of the security of your citizens and mine and to give your negotiators a mandate that will enable us to achieve this crucial objective. "BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg stated that Ms. May hoped to persuade the 27 other EU leaders to move away from what the UK government sees as a rigid approach by the European Commission in the negotiations and to lighten their "red lines". [19659013] Can the EU be persuaded to relax the red lines?

By Laura Kuenssberg, Political Editor of the BBC

The United Kingdom wants the EU to become more flexible. To get away from what the government sees as a rigid approach from the European Commission

At Thursday night's dinner, she has a chance to persuade other leaders to soften this approach.

They can only tell their negotiators

In exchange for this request, she will promise that the United Kingdom will be able to agree on its plan for future relations between the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom. EU, at a meeting of his cabinet next week.

Read Laura's full blog

Earlier this month, Brexit Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier said that the UK would be expelled from the mandate agreement. European judgment after Brexit. This allows EU members to demand the arrest and detention of criminals in other countries without extradition talks taking place between them. He argued that he could not be part of it because the UK wanted to leave the European Court of Justice and the rules of free movement.

The prime minister briefed European leaders at a summit for the last time before October. I hope that an agreement will be reached on the departure of the United Kingdom in March 2019.

But the President of the European Commission has suggested that the divisions within the British cabinet complicated matters.

Having arrived at the summit in Brussels, Jean-Claude Juncker said: I should not lecture Theresa May, but I would like our British friends to clarify their position.

"We can not continue to live in a divided cupboard. They have to say what they want and we will answer them. "

The Prime Minister, who was under pressure in her own party, convened her cabinet for a meeting at Checkers on July 6 to agree on the UK plan." On arriving in Brussels, Ms. May said that she looked forward to "securing our future partnership" which she said was in the interest of both the EU and the UK

both parties are keen to continue this Work at a faster pace than we have done so far and we would certainly welcome it. "

The Prime Minister held a number of face-to-face meetings with his European counterparts. one of the two days of the summit, which focuses on the migration challenges facing Europe and the reform of the euro area.

The 27 other EU leaders are expected to discuss Brexit by themselves on Friday morning. left Brussels.