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European Union leaders in a rare show of unity on Brexit demands

British Prime Minister Theresa May

European Union leaders endorsed a stiff set of divorce terms for Britain at a summit Saturday, rejoicing in a rare show of unity in adversity but well aware that may start to fray once negotiations begin.

Meeting for the first time since British Prime Minister Theresa May formally triggered a two-year countdown to Brexit in late March, the 27 other EU leaders took just a minute as they sat down to lunch in Brussels to approve 8 pages of negotiating guidelines hammered out by their diplomats over the past month.

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