It only took European Union ministers two minutes to sign off on a set of directives for the next round of negotiations with the UK on Brexit.
The guidelines state that the UK will have to respect EU laws during a transitional period but will not be able to vote on any decisions.
Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.
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