“It is an opportunity to set our sights on the future of our partnership and to focus on what brings us together", the invite notes.

Ministers express ‘unity’ on European Commission’s legal proceedings in Luxembourg meeting.

Emmanuel Macron among those welcoming agreement yet warning of hurdles ahead.

Philip Hammond has warned the UK will not be able to control key elements of a no-deal Brexit.

Legal experts condemn ‘disgraceful and illegal manipulation of system’.

Jean-Claude Juncker was speaking in Brussels after a meeting with the 27 presidents and prime ministers of the remaining EU countries.

Cross-border data show 30% fall in capital entering UK since referendum. / Brexit uncertainty in the UK has boosted foreign investment into the EU’s other 27 countries in the three years since the referendum, according to a Financial Times analysis.

The contest to succeed Theresa May shows that British illusions persist.

Brexiteers are lobbying among EU nations for a veto to an extension of Article 50, it has been reported. The UK needs approval from all EU member states before any request for an extension to the Brexit deadline can be granted. And in theory one veto would be enough to derail the request.

The government does not understand how the EU works and so embarks on negotiating strategies that are doomed to fail, Britain’s former ambassador to Brussels has said.

Germany's biggest business lobby group has warned its members to prepare for 'a very hard Brexit'. Ian King speaks to Nina Schick, the German political commentator and Tomasz Wieladek, senior European economist at Barclays.

The plan has brought some Tory unity, but Brussels believes it is unworkable.

Countries work on emergency laws to avert potential chaos of no-deal Brexit.