BREAKING news: Britain's parliament strongly rejects prime minister's Brexit deal
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Theresa May implored lawmakers Tuesday to support her divorce deal with the European Union, even as prominent Brexit supporters said changes she had secured to the agreement were not enough to persuade them to back it.
"If this deal is not passed then Brexit could be lost," May said, her voice ragged after days of frantic shuttle diplomacy.The DUP, which props up may's minority government, said "sufficient progress has not been achieved" on the key issue of the Irish border. The mechanism, known as the backstop, is a safeguard that would keep the U.K. in a customs union with the EU until a permanent new trading relationship is in place. Brexit supporters in Britain fear the backstop could be used to bind the country to EU regulations indefinitely.
In a written legal opinion , Cox said that if U.K.-EU negotiations became stalled through "intractable differences," Britain would have "no internationally lawful means of exiting the Protocol's arrangements, save by agreement." German EU affairs minister Michael Roth, called it "a far-reaching compromise." Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in a Twitter message that he was "pleased with the agreement," adding: "An orderly .Brexit is crucial for both the EU and the UK. There is no alternative."
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