EU rules out Brexit renegotiation, vows to avoid Irish backstop with free trade deal before 2021

European Union leaders on Friday once again ruled out changes to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal agreement. But they reassured British Prime Minister Theresa May that they would try to finalize a new UK-EU free trade deal before 2021.

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EU ‘ready to examine’ more Brexit assurances to Britain

The European Union ‘stands ready to examine whether any further assurance can be provided’ to Britain over the Irish backstop and their tentative divorce agreement, a draft seen by Reuters showed on Thursday.

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EU rules out Brexit renegotiation, again

The EU is not preparing a legal document on the backstop, as requested by British prime minister Theresa May, for the EU summit starting on Thursday (13 December) – as EU officials are calling the political crisis unfolding in London a mess.

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U.K.’s May Faces Biggest Crisis as Confidence Vote Reports Swirl

Theresa May faces the greatest crisis of her turbulent time as U.K. prime minister, with growing media reports that Conservative lawmakers were on the brink of forcing a confidence vote in her leadership.

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Theresa May heads for talks with EU leaders after Brexit vote delay

Prime Minister Theresa May is headed to mainland Europe for talks with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss concerns raised by British lawmakers about her faltering Brexit plan.

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U.K. Parliament delivers rebuke to government over Brexit

The British government received a historic rebuke from lawmakers on Tuesday over its Brexit plans — an inauspicious sign for Prime Minister Theresa May as she opened an epic debate in Parliament that will decide the fate of her divorce deal with the European Union.

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