The European Parliament has today voted for a resolution on Brexit that notes sufficient progress has been achieved in the negotiations so far. MEPs welcomed the joint Brexit progress report, as presented by EU and UK negotiators last Friday. They’ve recommended that the EU27 heads of state or government decide on 15 December to move to phase two of the Brexit negotiations. However, MEPs insist that the negotiations can only progress during the second phase if the UK government fully respects the commitments it gave in the Joint Report and fully translates them into the draft Withdrawal Agreement. The Fine Gael MEP Mairead Mc Guinness says the UK never really understood the importance of the Irish question and the impact that it would have on Anglo-Irish relations.
Out words: prime minister wants.
Dur: '26
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