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BBC: EU summit – Theresa May’s Russia mission faces Brexit test

By BBC.

Published March 22, 2018 at 11:13 am

Britain's Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party Theresa May delivers a statement outside 10 Downing Street in central London on June 9, 2017 as results from a snap general election show the Conservatives have lost their majority.

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Guess what? The prime minister’s priority in Brussels tonight won’t be Brexit.

Yes, you read that right, top of Theresa May’s list at the EU summit won’t be giving the long-running talks a shove forward.

The deal over the transition period – the buffer zone between Brexit and the ending of all ties – only needs to be rubber stamped on March 23.