Briefing reporters ahead of Wednesday’s session, Theresa May said she was optimistic about the chances of achieving a divorce agreement with the EU, including on the thorny issue of the N. Irish border.
She added that she hoped to convince her counterparts to back her Brexit plan and that “considerable progress” had been made in recent weeks.
Speaking after the meeting, Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament, said that the British PM had offered “nothing new” in terms of substance.
“There was a message of goodwill and readiness to reach an agreement, but I didn’t perceive anything substantially new in terms of content,” Tajani added.
Earlier, Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn clashed over Brexit with the prime minister rejecting his claim that her planned long-term relationship with the EU, known as the Chequers plan, was “dead.”