– Utträdesavtalet is the best and only possible solution. It will not be renegotiated, ” said EU commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, in a debate in the EU parliament, according to TT.
– We have neither the time or the technology to find alternative solutions, ” said Michel Barnier, the EU’s responsible for Brexitförhandlingarna, to the French radio station RTL.
uk border with Ireland is therefore not possible, he says.
” We’ve talked about options that can prevent a hard limit. But no one, on any of the pages, have been able to find a solution.
the Setting is reproduced also by Sweden’s new minister for EU affairs Hans Dahlgren (S) in an interview with Reuters.
– There is no room for negotiations in utträdesavtalet. ”Backstop” (our backup plan is going for the border to the republic of Ireland) is part of the agreement so it is clear that the renegotiation claims it is not possible, ” he says.
Donald Tusk, writes on Twitter that the EU’s position is clear and definite, the contract is not open for renegotiation. ”Yesterday we got out what Uk do not want to, but we still don’t know what the Uk want,” he writes.
https://twitter.com/eucopresident/status/1090680685231333376
Tusk will speak with Theresa May over the telephone during the Wednesday night.
the setting in question poses a problem, since a renegotiation in force Irlandsgränsen was a requirement in the proposal that the british parliament voted on Tuesday. May yourself have pointed out that there is ”limited appetite” for such changes from the EU’s side, but was forced to promise a re-negotiation in order to get enough votes.
Just a few minutes after the proposal is voted through com an official comment from the EU with the message that a renegotiation was not possible, and the president of the French republic Emmanuel Macron warned that a avtalslös Brexit now is something that all parties must prepare for.
according to Reuters on Wednesday that May all the time been aware that her attempt to renegotiate the utträdesavtalet would not be a simple task.
– But the starting points are very clear: the EU says it will to the Uk leave with a contract, and we want to also. The agreement we reached with the EU was voted down by the parliament by a wide margin so therefore we need to amend the agreement in order to be able to win the support of parliament, ” says the spokesperson.
If no agreement can be reached in time, the Uk will leave the EU without an agreement on 29 march.
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