Theresa May’s plans for EU citizens branded a ‘damp squib’ by the European Parliament

‘The European Parliament has branded Theresa May’s proposals on EU citizens’ rights a “damp squib” and said they will not approve a Brexit deal that does not offer more.
In articles published across Europe, the European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt and other key figures said the Prime Minister’s proposals for the three million EU nationals that live in the UK fall short of its own ambitions to “put citizens first”.
“It would,” Mr Verhofstadt states, “cast a dark cloud of vagueness and uncertainty over the lives of millions of Europeans”.
One of Ms May’s supposed “red lines” in the negotiations with the EU is ending the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK, one consequence of which has been a suggestion from David Davis that a new “supranational body” would have to be established to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in the UK.’
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