Chief EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says the bloc's objective is an orderly withdrawal
09 April 2019 - 18:56German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets British Prime Minister Theresa May at the Chancellery in Berlin, April 9 2019. Picture: OMER MESSINGER/GETTY IMAGES
May met Merkel at her riverside Chancellery, a short walk from the Brandenburg Gate, where former US president Ronald Reagan in 1987 urged Mikhail Gorbachev to"Tear down this wall!" — the barrier that had divided West and East Berlin since 1961. "Any extension should serve a purpose. The length should be proportional to the objective. Our objective is an orderly withdrawal," Barnier said in Luxembourg.
The pound, which has seesawed so much on Brexit news that some investors have stepped away from the sterling market, rose and then dipped on speculation Merkel could offer May a better deal. Germany denied that.
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