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epa07188547 Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (L) and Michel Barnier (R), the European Chief Negotiator of the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations the United Kingdom under Article 50, speak during the European Council in Brussels, Belgium, 25 November 2018. The leaders of the 27 remaining EU member countries (EU27) meet 'to endorse the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement and to approve the draft political declaration on future EU-UK relations' in a special meeting of the European Council on Britain leaving the EU under Article 50. EPA/JULIEN WARNAND