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Verhofstadt tells May to improve offer to EU citizens in UK or face Brexit deal veto

The chief Brexit negotiator of the European Parliament, Guy Verhofstadt warned that the EU's goal was to improve rights for citizens, not diminish them and that the UK's current offer to EU citizens was not good enough.

10.07.2017

The chief Brexit negotiator of the European Parliament, Guy Verhofstadt, has warned that the UK government's current offer to EU citizens would be rejected by MEPs.

Writing in the Guardian on Sunday, Verhofstadt called the UK's offer, which came three weeks after EU Commission negotiator Michel Barnier's proposals were unveiled, a "damp squib" that gave EU citizens in the UK fewer rights than British citizens in the EU.