Visa free travel to Europe for holidays WILL survive Brexit despite axe to free movement confirmed in trade deal plan
- Short term visits between Britain and Europe will continue the same as today
- Political declaration on future trade deal caters for holiday and business trips
- Plans come as part of end to free movement rights allowing long-term stays
Visa free travel to Europe for holidays and business trips will survive Brexit despite the axing of free movement, the plans for the UK-EU trade deal confirmed today.
The political declaration on the final deal said ‘short term visits’ would be allowed under the law of both Britain and EU states.
Students are also likely to be allowed to take places on either side, subject to agreement of the trade deal due to kick in from 2021.
Visa free travel to Europe for holidays and business trips will survive Brexit despite the axing of free movement, the plans for the UK-EU trade deal confirmed today (pictured is a short haul flight at London Gatwick)
Existing travel links by plane, train and road will also be preserved beyond the Brexit transition.
The agreement allows Theresa May to say she has regained control of the border by explicitly getting a permanent end to EU free movement.
The draft declaration was agreed in principle today, after negotiators worked through the night.
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Mrs May and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker issued new instructions to negotiators following talks last night.
The breakthrough cleared the way for a special summit in Brussels on Sunday, at which leaders of the remaining 27 EU states are expected to give their stamp of approval to both the future framework and a separate withdrawal agreement setting out the terms of the UK’s departure.
The political declaration on the final deal said ‘short term visits’ – such as holidays to Paris (pictured) would be allowed under the law of both Britain and EU states
Mrs May briefed members of her Cabinet on the new text in a conference call and was addressing MPs in a statement to the House of Commons later in the day.
Speaking outside Number 10, she said: ‘This is the right deal for the UK. It delivers on the vote of the referendum, it brings back control of our borders, our money and our laws and it does so while protecting jobs, protecting our security and protecting the integrity of the United Kingdom.’
Confirming that she would return to Brussels on Saturday for further talks with Mr Juncker ahead of the summit, she added: ‘The British people want this to be settled, they want a good deal that sets us on course for a brighter future.
‘That deal is within our grasp and I am determined to deliver on it.’
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