UK PM May Gets Beat Down In Brussels As EU Says ‘NO’ To Renegotiation Of Brexit Deal
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES
European Union leaders meeting at the EU Council Summit meeting in Brussels gave a thumbs down to British Prime Minister Theresa May’s bid for a renegotiation on Brexit deal. The British leader arrived at the two-day Brussels Summit Dec. 13, 2018 with high hopes for discussions with EU leaders over the contentious Brexit divorce deal’s backstop clause. The British PM failed miserably in Brussels in her appeal to the leaders of the 27 to give her the assurances that would enable her to get her Brexit deal through Parliament. European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said there could be clarifications but no renegotiation. The EU took a hard line against May’s proposed legal reassurances on her Brexit deal and made it clear there would be no concessions. “We don’t want the UK to think there can be any form of renegotiation, that is crystal clear,” Juncker said. “We can add clarifications but no real changes. There will be no legally binding obligations imposed on the withdrawal treaty.”
The EU27 leaders held a special meeting of the European Council in Article 50 format to discuss Brexit. They reconfirmed the conclusions of 25 November 2018, in which they endorsed the withdrawal agreement and approved the political declaration, according to official EU Statement:
“The Union stands by this agreement and intends to proceed with its ratification. It is not open for renegotiation.” European Council (Art. 50) conclusions, 13 December 2018
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May was filmed on an official video in animated debate with Juncker at the EU summit in Brussels where she appeared to be accusing him of labelling her NEBULOUS, a term he used on Thursday to describe the debate around Brexit. Apparently, Nebulous was a call to verbal fisticuffs.
“I had a robust discussion with Jean-Claude Juncker,” PM May told reporters laterr. “I think that’s the sort of discussion you’re able to have when you have developed a working relationship and you work well together. “And what came out of that was his clarity that he had been talking, when he used that particular phrase, … about a general level of debate.
