BRUSSELS: British Prime Minister Theresa May promised Thursday to let EU citizens stay after Brexit as she met sceptical European leaders for the first time since her disastrous election gamble. May said the pledge on EU citizens would instead “be enshrined in UK law and enforceable through our highly respected courts.”She also drew criticism from a campaign group of EU citizens, the3million, which called her offer “pathetic.”“It fails on several points which would enable EU citizens in the UK to continue to live normally after Brexit,” it said. Other crunch Brexit issues are Britain’s estimated 100 billion euro (88 billion pounds, US$112 billion) divorce bill, and Northern Ireland, which will be on Britain’s only land border with the EU after Brexit. Earlier, EU President Donald Tusk had channelled John Lennon’s “Imagine” as he said he hoped Brexit could be reversed – though others immediately poured cold water on the idea. But Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel – who has strongly argued for EU unity on Brexit – said Tusk should let it be.

Source: New Strait Times June 23, 2017 01:18 UTC