The U.K.'s Tentative Roadmap Out of Europe

Since European Union and United Kingdom representatives reconvened in Brussels last month for Brexit talks, the British negotiating team has faced accusations of being unprepared—an impression that was only fueled by this photo:

Barnier and his staff sit down with a huge stack of notes. Davis and his crew have nothing. It's all in their heads? Sort of says it all. pic.twitter.com/wEwtXOYYXx

— John Wheeler (@barleyscotch) July 17, 2017

The perception hangs over a critical moment in Brexit negotiations, in which both sides are expected to be hammering out a dealthat will outline the terms of unresolved issues such as the rights of EU citizens in Britain (and vice versa), the U.K.’s financial obligations to the EUknown commonly as the “divorce bill”—and the fate of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.