BRITISH PM MAY TO GIVE SERIES OF SPEECHES ON BREXIT VISION
British Prime
Minister Theresa May will make a speech on Brexit in the next three weeks, one
of several planned addresses by senior ministers designed to set out the
country's path to leaving the European Union, British media reported on Sunday.
Britain is hoping to
seal a transition deal next month to smooth its exit from the EU, and agree on
a long-term trade agreement later this year. However, Brussels said last week a
transition deal was not a certainty and that London needed to clarify what it
wanted from the EU.
"THE ROAD TO BREXIT"
May's government
will aim to address that in a series of speeches dubbed by her office as
"the road to Brexit" and due to be delivered by senior ministers and
May in the next few weeks, the BBC reported.
Her speech will set
out the security relationship Britain wants with the EU, while others will
touch on workers' rights, trade and the devolution of power within Britain, the
reports said.
Foreign minister
Boris Johnson, a leading Brexit advocate, will begin the series with a speech
on Wednesday, with trade minister Liam Fox and Brexit minister David Davis
among those also scheduled to speak, the BBC said.
Source: Reuters
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