A Brexit deal may require ‘compromise from all sides’
Theresa May wants her deal approved before the European parliament opens in July, but no one is prepared to give a ‘rigid dateline’
Glasgow — British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government wants to get her thrice-defeated Brexit deal approved by parliament before the new European parliament opens in July, her de facto deputy David Lidington said on Thursday. Lidington, cabinet office minister, said the timing is heavily dependent on how talks progress with the opposition Labour Party on finding a consensus for a deal, but said the issue could not drag on. “[I] can’t give you an exact time. It depends in a large part in how conversations with the Labour Party are going,” Lidington told Reuters in Glasgow where he was attending a cyber-security conference. “I don’t want to set a rigid dateline because that starts to create its own inflexibilities, but I don’t think this can be allowed to drift for much longer. Really, we need to get this done before the new European parliament comes in, in July this year.” May’s spokesperson said working groups from both sides were pressing on with the talks this week, including ...
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