Merkel, Rutte Nudge Brexit Negotiators to Move Quickly on Talks
- ‘The faster we’re done, the better,’ Merkel says in The Hague
- Rutte says leaders must ‘log a result’ at Brussels summit
Angela Merkel
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U.K. and European negotiators must move as far as possible in Britain’s exit negotiations so that leaders can produce results at next week’s EU summit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.
“We’re going on the principle that the faster we’re done, the better,” Merkel told reporters alongside Rutte late Wednesday in The Hague as the two met to prepare for the meeting in Brussels next week. “It’s important that we can really log a result next week,” the Dutch leader said.