Hopes had been high that Theresa May would come to Brussels to finalise a deal with the EU on Monday, but a European source these plans had been shelved.
BRUSSELS - The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told AFP on Monday that negotiations to break a deadlock on a deal to leave the bloc are now between British Prime Minister Theresa May and members of her parliament.
With time running out, May had hoped for a signal from Brussels to help get a Brexit deal over the line in time for Britain's looming departure from the European Union -- scheduled for 29 March. "We are committed to ratifying this deal before March 29. It is now for the House of Commons to take an important set of decisions this week," he added.
A European source said the embattled May had failed to convince her cabinet over the weekend and that talks with the EU could go no further.
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