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Brexit Is Starting to Strain Europe’s United Front, Sources Say

  • Bloc considers adding more details to negotiating guidelines
  • U.K. and EU officials to hold talks on transition over weekend
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National interests are starting to test the united front that the 27 remaining European Union members have shown so far during the Brexit talks, according to three people with knowledge of the process.

Less than a week before EU leaders meet to consider a transition deal for the U.K., their officials have aired their differences over the way forward, the people said, asking not to be named discussing private talks. At issue is whether to add language on specific industries -- and addressing the concerns of specific countries -- to their mandate for chief negotiator Michel Barnier.