LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May held 'constructive' talks on Wednesday (Apr 3) with Britain's opposition leader in a bid to forge a Brexit ...
LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May held"constructive" talks on Wednesday with Britain's opposition leader in a bid to forge a Brexit compromise that avoids a chaotic"no-deal" departure from the EU in nine days.
She crucially added that she was now willing to bend her previous principles and listen to proposals for much closer post-Brexit trade relations with the bloc than most in her Conservative party were ready to accept.Advertisement A Labour spokesman said the two held"constructive exploratory discussions about how to break the Brexit deadlock".The British premier's sudden change of tack was received with caution by EU leaders who wish to see the split resolved by the time European Parliament elections roll around at the end of May.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel likewise vowed to"fight until the last hour" to avoid a no-deal outcome. Yet the most prominent Brexit-backing ministers held their fire as all eyes turned on a flurry of meetings between government and Labour leaders are expected to hold over the coming days. May hopes to bring an approved deal with her to Brussels so that Britain can leave the bloc the day before the first nations hold their European Parliament votes on May 23.
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