EU confirms it won’t rework Brexit deal

WASHINGTON: European Union (EU) has once again warned British Prime Minister Theresa May that it will not renegotiate the Brexit agreement as she reached Brussels in an attempt to persuade EU leaders to agree to make important changes as per UK Parliament’s demands.

According to CNN, European Commission’s president, JeanClaude Juncker, on Thursday stated that the EU could only “add wording” to the Political Declaration about what they aim for in their future relationship. The European Council president, Donald Tusk, mulled what a “special place in hell looks like” for those who pro- moted Brexit, “without even a sketch of a plan guiding, how to carry it out safely”.

Tusk made these remarks after meeting with Ireland’s Prime Minister Leovaradkar on Wednesday.

Last year, British lawmakers voted in favour of an amendment that seeks to reopen negotiations with the EU over the Northern Ireland backstop, an insurance policy to avoid a hard border with Ireland, in case the UK fails to secure a comprehensive Brexit deal with the EU.

The stakes are high, as the UK i s sl ated t o l eave t he EU on March 29 with no deal in sight so far. ANI