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WORLD NEWS Monday 18 deceMber 2017

Defiant Theresa May: UK ‘proving doubters wrong’ on Brexit

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa Union.” Striking a defiant note, she added that tiations would now begin on an “implementa-
May said Sunday her government is “prov- her Brexit plans won’t be “derailed” by anti- tion period” immediately after Britain formally
ing the doubters wrong” after European Union Brexit campaigners. leaves the bloc in March 2019 — but some of
leaders agreed that Brexit negotiations can fi- “Amid all the noise, we are getting on with the her Conservative party members have already
nally move on to their next phase in the new job,” she wrote. “In the face of those who want signaled that they won’t accept arrangements
year. to talk Britain down, we are securing the best that closely resemble continued EU member-
Leaders of the other 27 EU nations gave a boost and most ambitious Brexit deal for our whole ship during the transition to a new relationship.
to May on Friday when they agreed that the United Kingdom.” With so little time before Britain’s expected
protracted talks over Britain’s exit from the bloc May, who is already struggling to maintain her exit date, negotiators face a tight deadline to
can proceed to the issues of transition and fu- authority amid the fractious exit process, suf- carve out a wide-ranging separation deal. A
ture trade relations between the two sides. fered a significant political defeat in Parliament transition phase of about two years, aimed at
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, May declared on Wednesday when the House of Commons easing Britain out of the EU and providing some
that “the last 10 days have marked a water- voted to give lawmakers the final say on any certainty to business, is expected to be an early
shed in our negotiations to leave the European Brexit agreement. The prime minister said nego- point of discussion.q

British Prime Minister Theresa May walks by the British flag during
an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday,
Dec. 14, 2017. Associated Press