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The European Union's national ambassadors will meet late on Friday afternoon in Luxembourg without Britain to discuss Brexit, sources said, as divorce talks between London and the bloc are in their final stretch.
A flurry of Brexit meetings will take the matter a political level higher almost every day for the 27 states that are remaining in the EU and negotiating Brexit together.
They hope to reach an initial deal with Britain at an Oct. 17-18 leaders' summit in Brussels. Below is the choreography to try to get there:
At least 40 lawmakers in Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party are willing to vote down her possible Brexit deal if it leaves the United Kingdom 'half in and half out' of the European Union, a senior rebel lawmaker said on Tuesday."My estimate is that there are at least 40 colleagues who are not going to accept a 'half in, half out' Chequers deal or indeed a backstop that leaves us in the internal market and the customs union," lawmaker Steve Baker told BBC radio."Colleagues will not tolerate a half in, half out Brexit," said Baker, who served as a junior Brexit minister in May's government until he resigned in protest at her Brexit proposals.No divorce without precise future framework: spokesman for UK's MayThousands of German firms sought advice on Brexit
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* WEDNESDAY, Oct. 10 - EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is set to update the executive European Commission.
* FRIDAY, Oct. 12 - 27 EU ambassadors meet at 1600 GMT in Luxembourg.
* WEEKEND, Oct. 13-14 - Intense talks between the EU and British negotiators expected.
* MONDAY, Oct. 15 - A meeting of "sherpas", or EU negotiators of each of the bloc's national leaders, scheduled in Brussels.
* TUESDAY, Oct. 16 - 27 EU ministers take up the baton at talks in Luxembourg.
* WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 - EU summit starts in the afternoon in Brussels.