Davis Pushed May to Guarantee EU Citizens Rights
- Brexit secretary wanted to make unilateral pledge: officials
- Citizens’ rights first key test for Brexit negotiations
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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May rejected pleas from her own Brexit secretary to make an unconditional promise to guarantee the rights of European Union citizens living in the U.K. when the country leaves the bloc, according to two people familiar with the matter.
In a sign that May’s own team is uneasy about her hard-line approach to Brexit, David Davis, the minister responsible for negotiating the split, warned her repeatedly that the uncertain fate of 3.2 million EU nationals in the U.K. was souring his meetings with other member states, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity.