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The EU will pile further pressure on Theresa May at this weekend’s Brexitsummit by declaring that the post-Brexit negotiations over fishing rights in UK waters will build on the current arrangements hated by the British fishing industry.

A leaked EU statement, due to be published on Sunday, the day of the summit, says it expects such a deal to be agreed by July 2020, and that it must protect the current rights of European fishing fleets to exploit British waters.

It goes on to warn that a failure by the British government to come to an agreement could jeopardise any hope of extending the transition period.