May aims to re-open EU Brexit talks
(C) 2019, BLOOMBERG · TIM ROSS, STUART BIGGS MAY
13, 2019- Prime Minister Theresa May is promising to reopen Brexit talks with the European Union on a future customs deal in an attempt to breathe life back into stalled negotiations with the Britain’s main opposition Labour Party.
May’s office said Sunday that the government will explore with the EU this week how to rewrite the outline political agreement on the future partnership between the U.K. and the bloc. She wants to strike a deal on a joint blueprint for Brexit with Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party in order to take Britain out of the bloc before the summer, according to the statement.
The premier is under mounting pressure over her failure to complete the U.K.’S divorce from the 28-country trade bloc, with a growing number of politicians in her Conservative Party believing she has failed and must resign.
The EU has said it is willing to make changes to the political declaration - the non-binding part of the Brexit deal that focuses on future ties.