Finally, British Prime Minister, Theresa May opens up on the
status of all British nationals living in the EU member countries as well as
all EU citizen living in the United Kingdom as a priority in the forth-coming
Brexit negotiation as early as possible.
Consequent to a meeting held by the European Council, the
Prime Minister of Ireland, Enda Kenny, has revealed to journalists that such
request was one of two precise concern brought up during a “very short update”
as given by the British PM in Brussels.
Speaking further, he stated how his UK colleague had so far expressed
optimism concerning the just concluded hearing at the Supreme Court, where an
appeal was made against the High Court ruling that Article 50 should not be
triggered until parliament have a say in it.
Also, according to Sky News, the European Commission’s head
negotiator, Michael Barnier is working on the foundation that Britain will be
required to pay a Brexit settlement fee to the tune of £50bn for outstanding obligations.
Even though it appears Mrs May wants to discuss migration
issues first, an EU government minister told Sky News that the bill worth
"tens of billions of euros" would likelier be one of "the first
things coming up" when talks commence.
The so-called "exit fee" is said to relate to
payments to the existing budget that the UK has already voted for, and mainly
involves the pensions of British citizens who work for the EU.
According to the Czech Republic's Europe minister, Tomas
Prouza, "We would expect that the UK would honour its commitments,"
Although Mrs May ducked questions about this potential bill,
Downing Street has insisted the Brexit process can be completed within two
years.
It follows the UK ambassador to the EU's private warning
that it could take a decade for the UK's exit to be finalised, and even then,
it may fail to be ratified by member states.
Number 10 said Sir Ivan Rogers was passing on the views of
other EU nations, and was simply "representing what others are saying to
him".
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