Wednesday, January 30, 2019

EU REJECTS NEW BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS

The European Union says British Prime Minister Theresa May will not be able to renegotiate the Irish backstop in the Brexit deal agreed with Brussels.

Mrs May insists she has a 'mandate' to change the backstop arrangements in the Withdrawal Agreement - after parliamentary votes in London on Tuesday.

But at the European Parliament, the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier, and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker both insisted there would be no further negotiations on the Brexit divorce deal.

Mrs May's been holding talks with European and fellow British leaders about her plans.
UK correspondent Olly Barratt says she knows the scale of her task.

IN: "Theresa May...
OUT: ...no chance."
DUR: 55 seconds