EU's Tusk - EU decision making in transition will be without the UK

Comments from EU's Tusk are crossing the wires via Bloomberg-

UK will respect existing EU laws and new laws during the transition period.
EU decision making in transition will be without the UK.
We are ready to explore close EU-UK trade links.
The deal is a personal success of Theresa May

Dec 8, 2017

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