Still struggling to get her EU divorce deal through parliament, Theresa May is hoping European Union leaders will agree to delay Brexit for a second time.
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May embarked on Monday on a last-minute flurry of diplomacy that will include visits to Paris and Berlin as she prepares for a make-or-break EU summit.
May also announced plans to visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday. Brussels struck a withdrawal agreement with May in November but British MPs have rejected it three times, with her own Conservative Party colleagues leading the opposition. Former foreign minister Boris Johnson, a leading Brexiteer tipped to replace May, said it was "utterly incredible" that they were discussing a compromise plan.
Pro-Europeans are hoping that if a second referendum were held, voters might choose to reverse the whole Brexit process.
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