EU could offer UK a transition period after Brexit, Barnier says
May is expected to propose a two-year transition phase at a speech -- seen as an attempt to break a deadlock in the talks -- in Florence on Friday, the BBC reported.
The European Union will discuss a transition period for the UK after the country withdraws from the bloc in March 2019, though the country will still have to abide by current rules during that time, chief negotiator Michel Barnier said.
Britons voted in a referendum on June 23, 2016, to leave the EU. Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty in March 2017, which set off the two-year negotiation process to complete talks with the bloc about the terms of the withdrawal.
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