4 hours agoBrussels Rejects Reopening Brex Negotiations
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(8 years ago)Angela Merkel and other European Union leaders ruled out the possibility of more negotiations for Brex, but agreed to seek ways to provide more security to the British, as Theresa May could be severely lost in a parliamentary vote. With less than four months left until the United Kingdom leaves [...]
Angela Merkel and other European Union leaders ruled out the possibility of more negotiations for Brex, but agreed to seek ways to provide more security to the British, as Theresa May could be severely lost in a parliamentary vote.
With less than four months left, until the United Kingdom leaves the EU on 29 March, the May Brex deal is at risk, opening prospects for a Brex-free deal, which is seen as a threat to the British economy.
A day after withdrawing from the vote, May rushed to The Hague for breakfast with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, then to Berlin to meet with Chancellor Merkel, as she arrived in Brussels at a planned meeting earlier, broadcasts tch.
The message from the EU to Prime Minister Theresa May was clear: We can provide legal guarantees for how the exit treaty is interpreted, but we will not accept reopening the text itself.
The “is clear that the 27 EU countries want to help in this situation, but the question is how”, said Donald Tusk, who will head an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday.
According to two sources, Merkel told her group of German conservatives there would be no more negotiations, but efforts were being made to provide guarantees to Britain.
