On Tuesday, MPs rejected the Brexit withdrawal plan that Prime Minister Theresa May had agreed with EU negotiators - leaving Britain in limbo.
BRUSSELS - Talk is swirling of a possible delay to Brexit after the latest rejection by lawmakers of Britain’s divorce deal, but the EU demands clear political “choices” from London before it will agree to it.
“Today we are in the hands of the British political system,” European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans told the European Parliament.Brussels has made clear it will not renegotiate the deal thrashed out with Britain over two years of tortuous talks and which has now been resoundingly rejected twice by lawmakers.
“That’s the question that is open and to which we await a response, and it’s the question that must be answered even before any decision on an extension. Norway is not an EU member but is part of the bloc’s single market, respecting EU rules on free movement of people, goods and capital. “Changing the form of Brexit would require an authority that May no longer has. Defining the future relationship might take new elections,” Maurice said.
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