President of the European Council Donald Tusk said he was “satisfied” with Friday’s Brexit deal but cautioned that “the most difficult challenge is still ahead.” He made the comments from Brussels in the wake of the agreement announced earlier in the day by British Prime Minister Theresa May and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker.
“We all know that breaking up is hard. But breaking up and building a new relation is much harder,” Tusk stated.
He proposed that during its transition period, the UK “will respect the whole of EU law, including new law, it will respect budgetary commitments, it will respect judicial oversight, and of course, all the related obligations.”