In Brussels, weakened May offers EU expats a ‘fair’ deal | Reuters

In Brussels, weakened May offers EU expats a 'fair' deal | Reuters Reuters By Elizabeth Piper and Noah Barkin | BRUSSELS BRUSSELS Theresa May offered fellow EU leaders a "fair" deal on Thursday for compatriots living in Britain after Brexit, though her peers are likely to push for more from a prime minister weakened by an electoral misfire two weeks ago.Given the floor at the end of a Brussels summit dinner, her first since she launched the two-year withdrawal process in March, May outlined five principles, notably that no EU citizen resident in Britain at a cut-off date would be deported. There are roughly 3 million living there now.That was, she told them, "a fair and serious offer", a British official said. It was "aimed at giving as much certainty as possible to citizens who have settled in the UK, building careers and lives, and contributing so much to our society".Promising details in a paper on Monday, May also said those EU citizens who had lived in Britain for five years could stay for life.Those there for less would be allowed to stay until they reach the five-year threshold for "settled status" The post In Brussels, weakened May offers EU expats a 'fair' deal | Reuters appeared first on Firstpost. 1