New Brexit deal has been reached, E.U. and U.K. leaders say
Source: Washington Post
Oct. 17, 2019 at 8:24 a.m. PDT
BRUSSELS European and British negotiators struck a deal Thursday on the terms of a Brexit withdrawal, raising the prospect that Britain could be out of the European Union by the end of the month.
European leaders meeting in Brussels are expected to give the agreement a preliminary nod. Then the action will shift back to London, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face the more significant challenge of getting parliamentary approval on Saturday.
This deal represents a very good deal both for the E.U. and the U.K., Johnson said in Brussels. He pressed British lawmakers to come together to get Brexit done, to get this excellent deal over the line, and to deliver Brexit without any more delay.
To scare the House of Commons into submission, and to fulfill a political pledge, Johnson wants his fellow leaders in Brussels to rule out any further delays beyond the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was willing to grant that, with this deal in hand, theres no need for any kind of prolongation.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/brexit-deal-falters-raising-chances-british-leader-boris-johnson-will-have-to-ask-for-delay/2019/10/17/f1ce287e-f049-11e9-bb7e-d2026ee0c199_story.html?wpisrc=al_news__alert-world--alert-national&wpmk=1
sandensea
(21,530 posts)How does he know? The DUP refuses to back it.
eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)Just another swine from the same herd.
DavidDvorkin
(19,406 posts)Don't forget "beautiful".
ancianita
(35,813 posts)I see nothing about that here, and WaPo has a paywall.