BRUSSELS cheap kanken big backpack , June 23 (Xinhua) -- At the conclusion of a EuropeanCouncil summit here Friday, Council President Donald Tusk said at apress conference that British Prime Minister Theresa May's proposalon the future of European Union (EU) citizens in Britain afterBrexit was "below our expectations."
During a working dinner in Brussels on Thursday night, May madewhat she called a "fair and serious offer" to her Europeancounterparts regarding the future rights of EU citizens afterBrexit, an issue European leaders have repeatedly made clear istheir first priority in Brexit negotiations.
May said she was willing to agree on a "cutoff point" fallingsomewhere between when she formally triggered Article 50 procedureson March 29 of this year, and the date of March 2019 as proposed bythe European Commission. EU citizens who had already arrived inBritain before that date and during a "grace period" of up to twoyears, would qualify for a special "settled status cheap fjallraven big backpack ," granting themthe same rights as British citizens and able to be kept forlife.
During Friday's press conference, however, Tusk was unimpressedby the British prime minister's offer.
"My first impression is that the UK's offer is below ourexpectations, and that it risks worsening the situation ofcitizens," Tusk said, "But it will be for our negotiating team toanalyze the offer line by line cheap fjallraven kanken big , once we receive it on paper."
Asked to expand, Tusk said it was obvious that Brexit would havea negative impact on citizens' rights.
"If we compare the current level of citizens' rights to what wehave had from the British prime minister, it's obvious that this isabout reducing the citizens rights of EU citizens in the UK, andour role (as European leaders) in the negotiations is to reducethis risk."
Brexit occupied very little time during the European summitbecause the European Council had previously agreed that it wouldnot be a forum for Brexit talks.
However, post-summit questions from the press still focused onBrexit.
Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, whose country holds thecurrent presidency of the European Council cheap kanken big , was asked about hisimpressions of May's offer.
"My concern at this time is that we might be creating pitfallsif the details are not really ironed out," Muscat said. "I thinkeveryone wanted or would like a situation where there is a blanketfair treatment of all our citizens. Obviously, I think we all agreewith the issue of reciprocity, I don't think there is an issuethere, but I think all of us would want to know more details andwould expect more in the next few months," he explained.
In a highly symbolic joint press conference with FrenchPresident Emmanuel Macron at the end of the summit on Friday cheap fjallraven big ,German Chancellor Angela Merkel expanded on comments she had madeThursday evening, when she had called the UK's proposal "a goodstart."
"That was a good beginning but -- and I'm trying to word thisvery carefully -- it was not a breakthrough," Merkel told thepress. "We have said that we want to pursue this matter in goodco-operation, but what has come out of yesterday was also that westill have a long way to go yet," she said.
On Thursday night, EU leaders did cheap fjallraven kanken mini backpack , however, reach an agreementon the procedure for choosing new locations for two Britain-basedagencies -- the European Medicines Agency and the European BankingAuthority. All EU member states will be invited to submit an offerwithin three months, with a European Council vote to decide on thenew homes for the agencies predicted in November.
The European Council summit, held from June 22 to 23, also sawEuropean leaders discuss key topics such as European security, thefight against terrorism cheap kanken mini backpack , the European economy, and the ParisClimate Agreement. The EU heads of state agreed on the need for apermanent defense cooperation scheme, their wish to increasemeasures to fight terrorist propaganda online, more means todevelop the single market following positive economic outlooks, andreinforced commitment to the Paris Agreement's fight to end climatechange. Enditem
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