By George Stephens • Published: 13 Dec 2019 • 2:11
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven says that Britain’s election results, following the exit polls, meant Brexit would now materialise and that time was short to seal a new relationship deal between the EU and the UK.
“It is a very clear result – it will not change by tomorrow morning,” Lofven tells reporters on leaving an EU summit in Brussels.
“It means that we will move forward with our separation… we now have 11 months to hash out a deal. It’s a very short time.”
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