Live replay of the joint press conference by Antonio TAJANI, EP President and Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE,BE), EP coordinator for the negotiations with the UK: following the Conference of Presidents. Statement by Antonio TAJANI, EP President

Brussels

TAJANI, Antonio (EPP, IT)

VERHOFSTADT, Guy (Renew, BE)

Brexit (T)

article 50 of the Lisbon treaty (T)

EU - United Kingdom (T)

press conference

(1) Joint press conference - statement by Antonio TAJANI, EP President, on the future of EU-UK relations and the article 50 (17:17 - 17:25)

SOUNDBITE (English), Antonio TAJANI, EP President, The Parliament will play a key role on deciding the outcome of the negociations

SOUNDBITE (English), Antonio TAJANI, EP President, It's not a good day for Europe. A Member State decided to leave the EU. It's a complex negociation. It will be an opened debate

SOUNDBITE (English), Antonio TAJANI, EP President, The EP will vote on plenary next week.

SOUNDBITE (English), Antonio TAJANI, EP President, EP's first priority is to safeguard interest of citizens.

SOUNDBITE (English), Antonio TAJANI, EP President, The negociation will be done in full transparency

SOUNDBITE (English), Antonio TAJANI, EP President, The UK will not be asked to pay for anything that they previoulsy agreed to.

SOUNDBITE (English), Antonio TAJANI, EP President, A no deal scenario will be a catastrophy for whole.