Article 44Z0E EU leaders reject May's idea to salvage her Brexit deal

EU leaders reject May's idea to salvage her Brexit deal

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Dan Sabbagh and Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Heat
from Economics | The Guardian on (#44Z0E)

Juncker tells PM to tell Europe what she wants in 'nebulous and imprecise' debate

EU leaders delivered a devastating knockback to Theresa May after she appealed to them to hold "nothing in reserve" and work with her to salvage her Brexit deal by putting a 12-month limit on the unpopular Irish backstop.

The embattled prime minister had pinned her hopes on a last-ditch effort to persuade the European Union to work with her in devising a legal guarantee, known as a "joint interpretative instrument", that she believes could get her Brexit deal through parliament.

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In the future there will be no relation more important for the #uk than the one with the #EU . And for the #eu also there will be no third country more important than the #uk. It's crucial to avoid resentment in the way the withdrawal is made. I hope the #eucouncil understands it

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