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Tusk: UK will not be a second category EU state

European Council chief Donald Tusk on Tuesday told MEPs in the Strasbourg plenary that the United Kingdom will not be treated as a "second category" EU state until its final departure from the European Union. "I have strongly opposed the idea that during the further extension, the UK should be treated as a second category member state. No it cannot," he said.

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