Brexit crunch looms for May as EU talks stall
If the prime minister’s deal is defeated in parliament MPs will vote on leaving the bloc without a deal or delaying Brexit
London/Brussels — British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy was in meltdown on Monday after her failure to win last-minute concessions from the EU set the stage for another humiliating defeat of her divorce deal in parliament. Just 18 days before the UK is due to leave the EU on March 29, there is still no ratified divorce deal and talks with the bloc have stalled as May tries to break the political deadlock in London. May’s spokesperson said a meaningful parliamentary vote on her deal would go ahead on Tuesday, even though talks with the EU are deadlocked. The exact vote format was not immediately clear. European officials said there had been no breakthrough in talks over the weekend and expressed frustration with May’s attempts to secure concessions just weeks before Britain’s exit. “May has boxed herself even deeper into a corner, and it seems the second meaningful vote will go ahead on Tuesday but it also seems like it won’t be the last meaningful vote on this,” one E...
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