The Prime Minister will give a statement to the House of Commons
today (Monday) to update MPs on the latest in the EU
negotiations.
The PM is expected to say:
"This is not about a hard or a soft Brexit.
The arrangements we have agreed to reach the second phase of the
talks are entirely consistent with the principles and objectives
that I set out in my speeches in Florence and at Lancaster House.
I know that some doubted we would reach this stage.
I have always been clear that this was never going to be an easy
process. It has required give and take for the UK and the EU to
move forwards together. And that is what we have done.
Of course, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.
But there is, I believe, a new sense of optimism now in the talks
and I fully hope and expect that we will confirm the arrangements
I have set out today in the European Council later this week.
In doing so we can move on to building the bold new economic and
security relationships that can underpin the new deep and special
partnership we all want to see.
A partnership between the European Union and a sovereign United
Kingdom that has taken control of its borders, money and laws
once again.
A partnership that is in the best interests of the whole United
Kingdom.
And a partnership which can deliver prosperity and security for
all our people, for generations to come."
