23 June 2017 - At the EU Summit in Brussels on Thursday, the European Council backed a procedure to determine where the EMA will be relocated to following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

And, while previous reports had indicated the decision on where EMA will end up would be made by October 2017, the procedure adopted by the Council instead calls for a vote by the 27 EU member states, minus the UK (EU27), in November to give more time for member states to discuss the moves.

Following the meeting, European Council President Donald Tusk applauded the adoption of the procedure by the EU27 leaders.

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