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EU warns May: We won鈥檛 budge over Brexit
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UK Prime Minister Theresa May sought Angela Merkel鈥檚 support yesterday to save her floundering Brexit deal but the European Union ruled out renegotiating the divorce treaty, after May postponed a parliamentary vote she admitted she would lose.
Less than four months until the United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on March 29, May warned British lawmakers that if they rejected her deal then the only other options were a disorderly no-deal divorce, or a reversal of Brexit that would defy the will of those who voted for it.
A day after pulling the vote in the face of hostility from lawmakers, May rushed from London for breakfast in The Hague with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and then a meeting in Berlin with Europe鈥檚 most powerful leader, German Chancellor Merkel in a frantic bid to save her deal.
The message from the EU was clear: It will give 鈥渃larifications鈥 but will not countenance reopening the treaty.
鈥淭he deal we achieved is the best possible. It鈥檚 the only deal possible. There is no room whatsoever for renegotiation,鈥 European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker told the European Parliament.
The British parliament will vote on a deal before January 21, May鈥檚 spokeswoman said. If there is no satisfactory deal by then, parliament will still be given a debate on the issue.
The most contentious issue has been the Irish 鈥渂ackstop,鈥 an insurance policy that would keep Britain in a customs union with the EU in the absence of a better way to avoid border checks between British-ruled Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland.
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