UK, EU officials agreed on draft Brexit deal, but faces backlash
  • 5 years ago
UK and EU officials have agreed on a draft Brexit deal after more than a year of talks.
For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Ro Aram…
Aram… Brexit talks have been turbulent in recent months…. Are we finally seeing some progress?

Well Mark… We have to remember this is only a draft text that has been agreed at a technical level, so nothing is for sure yet.
Prime Minister Theresa May must now try to get the deal approved by her Cabinet and, in the toughest test of all, by parliament.
She has called for a Cabinet meeting to be held on Wednesday afternoon, local time, and will be meeting her ministers one by one.
She has the tough task of trying to sell the deal to her divided Cabinet, with the risk of seeing some senior members resign.
The pro-Brexit faction of her Conservative Party has already attacked the agreement, accusing May of surrendering to the EU.
Tory Brexiteers have urged senior ministers to block the draft agreement and have also said they will vote it down in parliament.
The thorniest issue that's been dogging talks for months is how to avoid a hard Irish border after Brexit.
May's critics say the fix for the Irish border comes at a high price for the rest of the UK - which will be locked into EU trade rules for years.
EU officials will also be looking at the draft at the same time as the Cabinet meeting, but many are already skeptical.
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