Lithuanian leader Dalia Grybauskaitė appeared to shot down Emmanuel Macron's proposals for additional conditions on Britain to win his support for a further Brexit delay. The French President is expected to suggest the UK is subjected to "compliance checks" every three months during any extension to ensure the terms of the delay are respected. But heading to a crunch meeting of the 27 leaders of the European Union in Brussels, Ms Grybauskaitė cast doubt on the legality of the proposal.
Asked whether Brussels would be entering the meeting with specific conditions for the UK, Ms Grybauskaitė said: "The only one and main condition is to organise the European elections.
"The rest is, in my personal opinion, out of a range of European treaties."
Mr Macron on Tuesday appeared to signal his support for compliance checks on Britain to take place every three months during a potential extension period.
But the Lithuanian President insisted the UK will have to be treated "equally" for as long as the country remains a member state of the bloc.
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Brexit news: Grybauskaitė suggested Macron's plans would violate EU law on equal treatment (Image: EBS)
She continued: "We will all have a chance around the table, equally, to discuss these kinds of attempts or willingness to have
