Prime Minister Theresa May and European Council President Donald Tusk met today to kick start deadlocked negotiations on leaving the European Union. Tusk met May as negotiators for the two sides held a fourth round of Brexit talks in Brussels. <br/><br/>The meeting comes days after May proposed a two-year transition period to smooth Britain's departure from the bloc. May hopes her proposal which would see Britain abide by EU rules and pay into its coffers for two years after Brexit in March 2019 will help persuade EU officials to move talks past terms of the divorce and onto future trade and security relationships.<br/>' <br/>EU leaders are scheduled to assess at an October 19-20 meeting whether Britain has made sufficient progress on the divorce arrangements for negotiations to move on.<br/>