Tories and EU suggest Brexit negotiations will be unaffected by snap election

The British Conservative Party has said the Brexit timetable won’t be affected by Theresa May’s decision to call a snap election in June pointing to the fact that officials and secretaries of state remain in place.

The British Conservative Party has said the Brexit timetable won’t be affected by Theresa May’s decision to call a snap election in June pointing to the fact that officials and secretaries of state remain in place.

Reacting to the news Preben Aamann, spokesman for Donald Tusk, president of the European Council of the remaining 27 member states is reported to have said negotiating guidelines it is forging for Britain’s exit from the bloc will not be affected by the British government’s call for an election.