A Brexit deal seemed close on Saturday after the EU indicated legal ways for Bri...
BRUSSELS - A Brexit deal seemed close on Saturday after the EU indicated legal ways for Britain to unilaterally leave the contentious Irish border backstop, but the plan was rejected by British Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet, sources in the bloc said.
But London and Brussels are at loggerheads over the backstop, an emergency fix aimed at avoiding controls on the sensitive border between the British province of Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland. May could go to Strasbourg, France, on Monday, where the executive European Commission and the European Parliament hold sessions this week. But that has not yet been confirmed by London.
Brussels is concerned that she might ask British lawmakers to vote on potential backstop solutions that have already been rejected by the EU, which would not make reaching an agreement on the terms of Britain’s departure any easier.
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