The European Union insists that it wants to establish "the closest possible partnership" with the UK after Brexit.
After the Brexit, the European Union wants to form "a partnership as close as possible" with the United Kingdom, underlines the draft political declaration that heads of state and government of the EU must adopt Sunday in Brussels.
Despite Spain's reservations about Gibraltar, the leaders of Twenty-Seven will meet British Prime Minister Theresa May to endorse the EU's draft EU withdrawal agreement and a political declaration on their future relations . "The European Council reaffirms the EU's determination to build as close a partnership as possible with the United Kingdom in the future , " says the draft statement that Reuters was able to consult.
The document states that the EU institutions, including the European Parliament, which must approve the Brexit agreement, will take "the necessary measures to bring the agreement into force on 30 March 2019, in order to ensure an orderly withdrawal. " The EU will also have to approve a separate declaration on fisheries, the environment and the case of Gibraltar.