the european council and the commission, the european parliament, and the council took the necessary steps to ensure that the agreement can happen on march 30, 2019, to provide for an orderly withdrawal. the european council approved the political declarations with the framework for the relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. the european council respected the determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. i quote this passage of today's conclusions, and it contains the essence of our meeting. after a difficult process of ratification as well as further negotiations, but regardless of how it will all and, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end. the day on which we have set aside the results that have been obtained, but it is a very sad day to see a country like the u.k., in the same would apply to any other country. a country leaving the eu does not give way to the raising of champagne glasses, and they have attempted to express their sadness, broadly sha

the european council invited the commission, the european parliament, and the council to take the necessary steps to ensure that the agreement can can enter into on the 30th of march, 2019. provide for an orderly withdrawal. theure piian council approved the political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. the european council restated the determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. i quote this passage of today's conclusions as it contains the sense of our meeting. ahead of us is a difficult process of ratification as well as further negotiations. but regardless of how it will all end, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end of days. >> yes, indeed. it is a day on which we're satisfied with the results we have obtained. it's a very sad day to see a country like the u.k.. and the same would have applied to any other country, a country leaving the e.u. doesn't give rise to the raising of champagne glasses or

on this basis, the european council invited the commission, the european parliament, and the council to take the necessary steps to ensure that the agreement can enter into force on the 30th of march 2019, so as to provide for an orderly withdrawal. the european council approved the political declaration, setting out the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. the european council restated the union's determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. i quote this passage of today's conclusions. it contains the essence of our meeting. ahead of us is the difficult process of ratification as well as further negotiations. but, regardless of how it will all end, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end of days, and one day longer. donald tusk. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, has said the best outcome for all concerned would be if the uk remained in the eu, but given that was not going to happen, the draft agreement was the next best

the european council and the commission, the european parliament, and the council took the necessary steps to ensure can happen onment , to provide for an orderly withdrawal. the european council approved the political declarations with the framework for the relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. respectedan council the determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. passage of today's it contains the essence of our meeting. after a difficult process of ratification as well as further , but regardless of how it will all and, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end. >> the day on which we have set aside the results that have been obtained, but it is a very sad day to see a country like the u.k., in the same would apply to any other country. a country leaving the eu does not give way to the raising of and they haveses, attempted to express their , broadly shared, if not unanimously shared. ago, the a year european commission was given a mandate to conduct ne

on this basis, the european council invited the commission, the european parliament and the council to take the necessary steps to ensure that the agreement can enter 29th of march 2019 for an orderly withdrawal. the european council approved the political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. the european council restated the union's determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. i quote this passage of today's conclusions. it contains the essence of our meeting. ahead of us is the difficult process of ratification, as well as further negotiations. but regardless of how it will all end, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end of days, and one day longer. thank you. thank you, and now jean—claude juncker. president of the european commission. translation: it is a day on which we are satisfied with the results we've obtained but it is a very sad day, to see a country like the uk and the same would have

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council and then that deal when they go when finalized with the european council has to come back to this house so we will continue those preparations he says that the withdrawal agreement is ill defined five hundred pages of detailed legal text on the withdrawal agreement is not an ill defined withdrawal agreements are he complains he complains that the withdrawal agreement does not refer to the implementation period of course it does refer to the transition period which is exactly the same point of time he talks. about he he then talked about the whole question of the decision on the back store and the implementation period was coming at the end of december twenty twenty well if you look so again at the documents that have been produced he will see that actually the decision will be taken in june twenty twenty as to whether it is likely that the future relationship will not be put in place on the first of january twenty twenty one under solution at that point will be for the u.k. to decide whether it wishes to extend the implementation period for a limited period whether it which i

the first thing i want to say is that, consequently, the european council will take place tomorrow. and the second is that europe and the uk have accepted the conditions set down by spain. because of this, spain will lift its veto and will vote tomorrow in favour of brexit. language is important, here. pedro sanchez talking about what he has achieved, the british government, what they did today, tim robbins, basically, he gave it a sense of his position and a letter on behalf of the british government, their representative to the eu, saying there was a particular article that spain was not happy with, article 184, and he said it was a fairly anodyne article talking about the future relationship between the eu and the uk making have a good trade deal and the spanish wanted to make sure that it was mentioned that gibraltar was not part of that, and from their side, sir tim gibraltar was not part of that, and from theirside, sirtim barrow, the ambassador or saying that gibraltar is not part of it and that it will be discussed separately. theresa may will go to the building behind me in

the first thing i want to say is that, consequently, the european council will take place tomorrow. and the second is that europe and the uk have accepted the conditions set down by spain. because of this, spain will lift its veto and will vote tomorrow in favour of brexit. we understand theresa may has just arrived and is going to meet jean—claude juncker for 90 minutes. she will then go to another meeting with the european council president donald tusk who has written a letter today to the 27 leaders recommending that they approve the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration that he is putting in front of them. this is his tweet. he also said in the letter that no one side had defeated the other. with me is our brussels reporter, adam fleming. has pedro sanchez got anything more than he had? i don't think so, this was reassuring the spanish that their argument which is that the withdrawal agreement as it is now that the future relationship between the uk and the eu after brexit would automatically applied to gibraltar, and he's got a confirmation that the spanish gover

on this basis the european council invited the commission the european parliament and the council to take the necessary steps to ensure that the agreement and into falls on the fifth of march twenty ninth teen thought was to provide for an all the late withdrawal. they were p.l.o. kull still approved the political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. the european cowsill restated the union's determination. to have s. close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. i quote this passage of the day school closures is that it contains the essence of our meeting. the head of us it's that difficult process of ratification. further negotiations. about regardless of how it will all and one think is certain. we will remain friends. and of days. and one day longer. thank you thank you and now from the president of the you can commission. you know we. just sit down rule. satisfied because you're told the new. mayor said does it just pay equal or you'll be

when it's clear that the european council summit will not go ahead because of the. one you've gotten opposed the cancellation of this weekend's summit even vetoed the entire briggs a deal we also brussels correspondent bob of evil. they can sure they can i mean every every one of the european leaders could at the last moment sort of say i actually don't like this turn around and go home but it is a remarkable case of political grandstanding and it is also a very strange turn around because the question arises has the spain the spanish even representative who has been present throughout these negotiations in the last year to have totally been asleep on his feet or or what was the matter why didn't he notice earlier that things were not going the way that the spanish wanted them. now the problem we have is that spain isn't even content it was having a written declaration that its rights and desires would be regarded in future negotiations but also they want to reopen the divorce agreement this is the five hundred eighty five pages long legally binding tome and they wa

the first thing i want to say is that, consequently, the european council will take place tomorrow. and the second is that europe and the uk have accepted the conditions set down by spain. because of this, spain will lift its veto and will vote tomorrow in favour of brexit. let's speak now to gibraltar‘s chief minister, fabian picardo. thank you very much forjoining us this evening. why do you believe that spain brought this issue up at the last minute, the night before the last minute, the night before the summit? i think it is an issue which has been brewing forfive or six days. we have worked hard to ensure we could deliver a solution which worked for everyone. that has now been implemented in a way which is supported by the gibraltar government. the clarification is on the table which sets out not a change to the treaty but a position which does not prejudice gibraltar oi’ which does not prejudice gibraltar or the united kingdom which it appears spain is able to live with. what has spain really gained? many people say it is restating a previous position. i think they have ga

then it's clear that the european council summit will not go ahead because if it would be. from all i'm joined now on the line from london in brussels by my colleagues big mass and max hold one good to see you both lots to talk about max let's just begin with you first spain saying it could be done so so much even vetoed the whole break the deal over gibraltar can they actually do that. that's a good question and i can't tell you the number of hours we have pored over that question this week so the conclusion of your brussels is yes they can because at these summits the decisions taken normally are have to be consensual consensual doesn't mean that spain has to say yes to the agreement they could abstain and these agreements so that withdrawal agreement and the political agreement would still pass but if they actively say no we do not want this then it cannot pass so some have jokingly suggested here in brussels that they should just wait until sanchez has to go to the restroom or something to actually do that but of course it doesn't work like that this is a decision of su

an extra european council at some point in november. we both -- all of us want the same objective. the commission government and the irish government and the other member states, which is no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, i am confident we can get there and get a deal. you need to do a political agreement about the future. i did maybe 30 or 40 big european negotiations in my time doing this in my 15 years doing this work. i'm confident that is achievable with the usual creativity that specialists and technicians bring to drafting agreements. i'm relatively confident about getting the deal with our european partners. i would accept that it looks quite a tight vote in the house of commons when you bring that agreement to the house of commons, but i think there's a lot of talk now between the newspapers and usually unnamed mps who are saying they will be able to vote for it. when they consider the alternatives that will concentrate minds. i think everyone has the machinery and can encourage the mps to sup

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will be no european council tomorrow. that is an alarming prospect, for theresa may. evenif alarming prospect, for theresa may. even if she gets the summit and the eu leaders are true to their word and sign off on the withdrawal agreement, she has tougher battles ahead, but the agency navigate when you compare what is likely to happen when you talk about a treat relationship. —— they have not seen anything yet. the mood is not that brussels wants to celebrate this deal. leaving the eu by itself is not something that is enjoyable by the eu. nobody can be sure what will happen to administer. there is concern that theresa may's visit... the commission has reassured them that... what is very important is that... what is very important is that it that... what is very important is thatitis that... what is very important is that it is stable, it is not going to change, and whatever the purpose in the visit, it is not to reopen. after, it will be clear whether the minister will approve the deal. 0nly after that, we will start

and a special european council will be called for sunday, 25 december. mr. speaker, what we agreed yesterday was not the final deal. it is a draft treaty -- [shouting] it is a draft treaty that means we will leave the eu in a smooth and orderly way -- [laughing] and which sets the framework for future relationship that delivers international interest. it takes back control of our borders, flaws and money. it protects, it protects jobs, security and integrity of the united kingdom and the delivers in ways that many said could simply not be done. we were told we had a binary choice between the model of norway or the model of canada, that we could not have this deal. but the outline political declaration set out an arrangement that is better for our country than both of these. a more ambitious free trade agreement than the eu has with any other country. and we were told we were to be treated like any other third country on security cooperation, but the outline political declaration set out a debt operation beyond anything the eu has agreed with any other countr

a nasty zero a tonne of blanca is the head of the european council of foreign relations in madrid he outlined spain's concerns. well from the beginning has being a problem related not with so arranging it's because of spain gus and claim that he wants to open the issue of a negotiation on show that i bet on all of the practical issues that relate to it weaves day to day living on an economic exchange in the area and this fact is that it and you rather has benefited from being an up or part of the of britain but also i mean the united kingdom defending it because you know that you know what sort of sitting that didn't do ends of the table so that a lot of issues related we said you'd rather be coming up next and in an unfulfilling e.u. regulations on environmental issues like bunkering on oil issues on and on shipments that cannot be properly done with because the united kingdom you so we spoke that danger out there on the news an anomaly in our situation there are many workers also coming every day to work and you'd rather that economy these changes that we want to preserve but they

then it's clear that the european council summit will go ahead. so can one cause the cancellation of this weekend's summit or even veto the entire briggs's deal we asked our brussels correspond brussels bureau chief max hoffman. that's a question we asked ourselves all week it's the most asked question of brussels at the moment and we came to the conclusion here in the studio brussels that yes they can because normally if you summits decisions are taken consensually which means that spain could stay and it would still pass but if they actively say no we do not want this deal then it will not pass and by the way this this dimension the magnitude of this whole topic is such that anything else and unanimity would wouldn't fly in this case. max hoffman there with a view from brussels on whether spain cantle pito the bedsit deal but even if it does move past madrid concern it doesn't stop there for timmie's and may you see if you need a sign off on how bread the draft deal on sunday the british prime minister still has to push it through her own parlia

barbara visa in london at the end of the european council in brussels welcome to you both it appears this consensus among leaders to approve the brig's indeed what are you expecting of today's summit right. well we're expecting that they will sign off on this deal the twenty seven member states that are now looking at some six hundred pages of the walls papers and lots of work in them but you've heard michele dunne you he said today he has always been working with the u.k. not against the u.k. on this paper and the dutch prime minister arrived here this morning as saying if i wear a u.k. lawmaker i would vote in favor of the steel it's a balanced deal and jungle junker saying it's the best deal the u.k. will get. the real challenge really is for me to get this deed through parliament. the president of the european commission has urged the british politicians to support the agreement let's just focus into what he had to say. because this is the first the full support for which. i'm sets because this. is what she. is going to be she's not nothing if you leave the new this is the move i

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the european council approved the political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland the european council reinstated the union's determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. my focus over the next few weeks is on as i've just said on making the case for this deal as you've heard any president said this was the only deal possible this is being echoed by other european leaders and i think that is when people come to vote in the house of commons they would need to ask themselves about two aspects of this particularly the first is delivering bricks it i think we have a judy as a house of commons as a parliament to deliver bracks it on the second question is about what it means for our constituents and as i've said the deal that we have to live it i believe delivers not just on what people want it when they vote it breaks it but also does it in a way that protects jobs protects our security and protects the united kingdom. hall has the

the european council brings this matter back to the house. he has recognized that is not just a meaningful vote to legislation. they have to go through. as i said earlier recognizing , that we have the european council and that meaningful vote to take place in this house, we will be continuing our no deal preparations. >> mr. speaker, while it might be tempting to watch the much vaunted tory brexit festival, this is serious stuff. now the prime minister knows that her analysis means that every single one of her plans means people losing their jobs. the planhe look at which means us living the least number of jobs, the least damaging, and may, unlike her plan, with support across the house, that means leaving the customs union and a single market. the speaker: the prime minister. pm may: we will be leaving the customs union and the single market. the speaker: amber rusk. mrs. rusk: whether we remain or leave, whether we sit on this side of the house or that, we know that millions of people voted for brexit because they are anxious about their

a meeting with donald tusk, the european council president. he tweeted this afternoon once he got this agreement from the spanish prime minister that he is going to recommend they approve on sunday the outcome of the brexit negotiations. no one has reasons to be happy, he says, but at least at this critical time, the eu 27 has passed the test of unity and solidarity. he also went on to say in the letter that as far as he was concerned, no side had won in the negotiation. our brussels reporter adam fleming told me that the commitments spain has secured on gibraltar are not new, but a restatement of the existing position. this was an exercise in reassuring the spanish that their argument which was that the withdrawal agreement as it is now would somehow mean that the future relationship between the uk and the eu have to brexit would automatically apply to gibraltar and he has got a confirmation in black and white that the spanish government will have a say over how that final future relationship is applied in gibraltar, which is effectively what

said donal to the european council president bush he did say there was still a lot of work to be going on. the overwhelming message is nobody wants to see britain leave the european union but if they must go then this is probably the deal for it however you move away from the politicians you get into the chamber of commerce here in china many the head of the chamber of commerce's is less than impressed there they're more giving it more of a wait and see approach the same goes from the. well the leaders of the insurance insurers association here in germany they're giving it as well that more but wait and see approach the reason that giving that wait and see approach is it's ten days until the twenty fifth of november a lot can happen between now and then particularly if if to resume a was to replace dominic rob he stepped down as break that secretary with michael gove now michael gove we hear there's apparently said he would quite fun see the job only if he was allowed to go back to brussels and renegotiate and that summit on the twenty fifth was council now that would not go down very

said donal to the european council president bush he did say there was still a lot of work to be going on. the overwhelming message is nobody wants to see britain leave the european union but if they must go then this is probably the deal for it however you move away from the politicians you get into the chamber of commerce and here in chimney the head of the chamber of commerce's is less than impressed there are more of giving it more of a wait and see approach the same goes from the. well the leaders of the insurance insurers association here in germany they're giving it as well that more but wait and see approach the reason that giving that wait and see approach is it's ten days until the twenty fifth of november a lot can happen between now and then particularly if if to resume a was to replace dominic rob he stepped down as break that secretary with michael gove now michael gove we hear there's apparently said he would quite fun see the job only if he was allowed to go back to brussels and renegotiate and at that summit on the twenty fifth was council now that would not go down ve

a last—minute hitch over the future status of gibraltar was overcome yesterday — and european council president donald tusk has recommended that all eu countries accept the agreement. but even if they do, theresa may will still need to win a vote on the deal in the uk parliament, and that is looking tricky. she's now written an open letter to the british people, urging support for her brexit plan. we'll be bringing you all the latest here from brussels, examining the deal, and what it might mean for the uk and europe. leaders arriving — let's hear what the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier had to say. we have worked, i have worked, with my team, to reach a deal that means to organise in an orderly fashion the withdrawal decided by the uk. we have worked thanks to the unity, the full unity of 27 heads of state, the member states. they are trust. and also with the european parliament. we have worked, i have worked with my team and negotiate with the uk, never against the uk. i want also to thank the british team. now it's time for everybody to take the responsibility, everybody. iw

i'm joined now in the studio about john murtha political advisor and of the european council in brussels indeed a correspondent matters we all waiting for a press conference from the e.u. are waiting for donald tusk and john called to go to hold a press conference but this deal has been signed off as one expected what has really been the message from the e.u. . a summer day here in brussels the message that today comes from brussels is really this this day marks the end of the divorce legal she ations it technically if it would be approved by the u.k. parliament it would mark the beginning of a future talks but only provided that actually things move forward of course leaders here are fully aware that theresa may will have an extremely difficult time getting this deal through but from the perspective of leaders here today this is the best that the e.u. can come up with they have negotiated for one and a half years the result is six hundred pages they are now on the table in the us that's let's move forward with this document we also just heard michel barnier we also heard john claude the

and european council before britain formally leaves on the 29th march next year. from brussels, here's our europe correspondent, adam fleming. at last, the final steps in the talks to secure britain's departure from the eu. theresa may ushered into the european commission for the second time in a week. not to negotiate, that's over. but to shake the final deal. and was that a smile of relief it hadn't been derailed at the last minute? reporter: prime minister, did you compromise over gibraltar? hours earlier, her ambassador to the eu had written a letter reiterating how brexit would affect the rock. reassuring the spanish prime minister enough that he dropped his threat to boycott tomorrow's summit. translation: spain has reached an agreement on gibraltar. the first thing i want to tell you is that the european council is therefore going to be held tomorrow. arriving for her next courtesy call in brussels, the prime minister said it was a clarification, not a cave—in. the uk's position on the sovereignty of gibraltar has not changed and will not change. i'm prou

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council meeting on ninety three twenty nine there was a clear roles and paragraph twenty four saying after the united kingdom leaves that union no agreement between the united. and the united kingdom may have to lying to everybody and to grant there we found the agreement between the kingdom of spain and united kingdom these was crystal clear in the negotiation mandates so we spain was totally relaxed the negotiating the protocol and i would have to fix that but the issues that are pending in dubai like they don't relationship with the two brothers that which are related with taxation job bank who is my really. well there isn't me on the environment but then we find that all of the southern we shout at the consulting this plan is government on article article one four eight four was introduced on challenging these these monday but manager should have gone back to the to the to the spanish government to consult on where that is are they going to sit with them monday he added but he did not do that initially the agreement right he did not do that it's not a blank out ok want to go to b

for all those who've expressed themselves at today's european council summit have shared their sadness of priestess of this ruling was largely if not unanimously shared. for how hot a british prime minister to visit may sounded triumphant when she shared her thoughts a short time later she said she believed in the deal with all. those who had said reaching an agreement to me but you would not be possible there were those who said that reaching a brics agreements that work for both sides was an impossible task from the start i rejected that counsel of despair and set about negotiating a deal that worked for the u.k. and the e.u. one delivered on the result of the referendum and settles on calls for a prosperous future while maintaining a close relationship with our friends and neighbors. joining us for more ideas of the correspondence up of aizawl in london and at the european council in brussels lattice welcome to you both guild let's begin with you the e.u. has now formally agreed to the deal the first country to leave the e.u. block a somber day for brussels. look this is a brutal fo

donnel to the european council president but she did say there was still a lot of work to be going on. the overwhelming message is nobody wants to see britain leave the european union but if they must go then this is probably the deal for it however you move away from the politicians you get into the chamber of commerce here in china many the head of the chamber of commerce's is less than impressed there they're more giving it more of a wait and see approach the same. goes from the. well the leaders of the insurance insurers association here in germany they're giving it as well that more of a wait and see approach the reason to giving that wait and see approach is it's ten days until the twenty fifth of november a lot can happen between now and then particularly if if to resume a was to replace dominic robb who stepped down as brakes at secretary with michael gove now michael gove we hear there's apparently said he would quite fun see the job only if he was allowed to go back to brussels and renegotiate and that summit on the twenty fifth was council now that would not go down very we

commission, jean—claude juncker, and the european council president, donald tusk. and then tomorrow, it is showtime, as european leaders gather for the big brexit summit. but spain wants more reassurance about gibraltar. translation: regarding gibraltar, let me tell you, i insist that the guarantees are not enough, and therefore spain maintains its veto on the brexit deal. and northern ireland's democratic unionists, who prop up theresa may in downing street, sound like they're threatening to pull the plug on that if the prime minister's plan is approved by mps. that plan was about giving national stability and delivering on brexit. if this is not going to deliver on brexit, then of course that brings us back to the situation of looking at the confidence and supply agreement, but we're not there yet. you might feel you've heard quite enough about brexit, but it's about to get even louder still. chris mason, bbc news. the chancellor philip hammond has warned that the uk faces "economic chaos" if mps reject theresa may's brexit deal. 0ur political correspondent leila

in london and at the european council in brussels mattis welcome to you both let's begin with you the e.u. has now formally agreed to the deal the first country to leave the e.u. block a somber day for brussels. not this approval for those six hundred page document took just a mere forty five minutes but it brings an end forty five years of membership at least potentially that is if the u.k. parliament approves it to it as well so it was easy and it wasn't easy for your leaders that is why i'm glad americal said this with sadness but also with some relief that she looks up on this day it's a day after one and a half years really tough and lengthy negotiations where we were waiting on the european side that the u.k. steps beyond the red lines that it brings up a position that could be negotiated and finally ended up in this massive document that now leads the way to an orderly brags that sure a german chancellor angela merkel said if there's a will there's a way and that way is now on the table and hopes are high that it will be approved by the u.k. as well german chancellor angela mer

council and then that deal when finalize with the european council has to come back to this house. so we will continue those preparations. he says of that the withdrawal agreement is ill-defined. 500 pages of detailed legal tax on the withdrawal agreement is not an ill-defined withdrawal agreement. he complains the withdrawal agreement does not refer to the instrumentation. but it does refer to the transition period which is exactly the same point of time. he talks about, he can talk about the whole question of the decision on the backstop and the implementation period as come at the end of december 2020. well, if you looks again at documents that have been produced he will see the decision will be taken in june 2020 as to whether it is likely that the future relationship will not be fully a place on the first of january 2021 and a decision would be for the uk decide whether it wishes to extend the ample mentation. for limited or whether it wishes to go into the backstop. he is wrong in saying we have an absolutely -- [shouting] >> he is wrong, he is wrong in saying, he is wrong in

a special european council will be called for sunday, the 25th of november. this puts us close to a brexit deal. mr. speaker, what we agreed esterday was not the final deal. it is a draft treaty that means we will leave the e.u. in smooth and orderly way on march, 2019. [laughter] prime minister may: and sets the framework for a future relationship in our national interests. it takes backs control of our borders, laws, and money. it protects -- it protects jobs, security, and the integrity of the united kingdom. and it delivers in ways that many said could simply not be done. we were told we had a binary choice between the model of norway or the model of canada, that we could not have a deal. that the outline political declaration sets out an arrangement that's better for our country than both of these. a more ambitious free trade agreement than the e.u. has with any other country. and we were told we will be treated like any other third country on security cooperation. but the outlined political declaration set out a cooperation beyond anything the e.u. has

so i have my mandate, which flows from the marge guidelines of the european council. this is ambitious, and is also the white paper resulting from the chequers meeting, the useful document on the basis of these two documents we have carried out this benchmarking, and we have found areas of convergence which i outlined earlier. negotiating directors will be drawn up. i mentioned that all the releva nt up. i mentioned that all the relevant commission dgs will be ball. there will be various groups, there will be coordination. —— will be involved. that is why i think it is feasible to construct the essentials for this view in a partnership within this short transition period, because we have got the basis. and my final reply is this: there is only one point which isn't fleshed out in my document here. that is the time which it may ta ke here. that is the time which it may take for the transition period to be extended by common agreement. so this is an option. there could be an extended transition period, if that is agreed, but we haven't fleshed out that. that will be

package that we bring back from the european council, they will look at delivering on the vote of the british people and that doing so in a way that protects the interests of their constituents. and i believe that is the question that members of parliament will be asking themselves at that point, not about a second referendum. you'll take, as i said, a couple more. >> hi. my question is given the difficulty you're likely to have getting this deal through parliament, do you regret calling the general election last year? prime minister may: no, i don't regret calling the general election last year. as i say, you know, when it comes to the vote in parliament it will be a decision for m.p.'s to take. i'm going to do my job. i'm going to bring the best deal back for the british people and m.p.'s will then do their job and, of course, be held to account by their constituents for it. o the last question. >> thank you. joel. prime minister, you're a cricket fan. from the outside, it looks like you are a long way off getting the run of numbers you need. but your bats men are dropping off like

president the european council president also commented he offered a sobering assessment i took note of crime in this statement yesterday of course the prime minister's and so if you have some of those such. as the very beginning we have heard no doubt that this is a lose lose situation and that decisions are only both that much going through. there the european council president speaking a short while ago max in brussels not as positive sounding as used chief negotiator bonnie what has to happen on the e.u. side still before bragg's it is actually done and dusted. right i think both are on the same page to tell you the truth terry both are not thrilled about brags that but i think michelle obama is still under the impression that they actually managed to agree on something donald laid out well how what's going to happen in the next week it's intense week so it's going to start off for example with the you the ambassadors of the e.u. twenty seven here in brussels that will analyze this withdrawal agreement get feedback from the capitals and do enough to secure said i hope there won't

but it is not very easy to get to majority in the european council for that. and if we can't do that, then as a pre-stage to being able to act jointly, we need to inter-governmental approach, and it would have been far worse in the currency union if we had not had that. so the one does not exclude the other. and i am pleading, expressly, ha -- that we don't take treaty change as an end to itself but we do not exclude it, and saying we will never, ever change our own constitutions back home, because were we to do that, then this be would a dereliction of our duties as a nation-state. that brings me on to the point that was mentioned by quite a few groups and would appear to be mutually exchangeable. you know, as well as i do, that this is the case, but if you've got a constitution or a basic law, as we do in germany, then you have to have two-thirds majority for it to be adopted. and nevertheless, whenever you set about legislating on the basis of it, you get disputes. and if it is to do with the basis of the european union and we're fortunately in this house,

in the end with the european council you need everyone to agree to the conclusion up to that point everyone has a say. also defined political groupings and the left-wing part of the party and other small groups as well so there are different formations. >> studying decisions has long been a skill. i realize those days are past. looking further abroad i knew britain gave us some close economic relations, forced to give them up with new zealand, australia and entered the eu and that led to some bad feeling you've are now leaving is their hope that these relationships can become stronger and deeper are you looking for bilateral treaties with say australia and others with canada or some sort of grouping backs >> these are decisions where the number one priority would be to trade deals but not that far behind people find trade deals with australia, new zealand and canada. then we also are interested in the deals with some of the bigger economies around the world and so i think it will be bilateral more than the multilateral and there will be resource constraints that they will be all high on the

, the european council before britain formally leaves on the 29th of march next year. in the past half—hour, the prime minister hasissued past half—hour, the prime minister has issued a public plea for support brexit deal. in a letter to the nation, mrs may said the agreement was a dealfor a brighterfuture. convincing mps to back the deal in the crunch commons vote. at last, the final steps in the talks to secure britain's departure from the eu. theresa may ushered into the european commission for the second time in a week. not to negotiate, that's over. but to shake the final deal. and was that a smile of relief it hadn't been derailed at the last minute? reporter: prime minister, did you compromise over gibraltar? hours earlier, her ambassador to the eu had written a letter reiterating how brexit would affect the rock. reassuring the spanish prime minister enough that he dropped his threat to boycott tomorrow's summit. translation: spain has reached an agreement on gibraltar. the first thing i want to tell you is that the european council is therefore going to be

council ta kes pla ce before the special european council takes place is the final negotiation in matters relating to the future relationship to fill out the details about future relationship which will show a future relationship that will be good for the uk economy. firstly, may i pay huge personal respect to the prime minister where ever you stand on the matter. can i urge my right honourable friend to study evidence given to my constituency is custom experts and their suggestions around facilitation and technical ways of achieving a soft border and one that does not require a backstop. would she agree with me that the independent arbitration panel is bound to find that if the eu does not negotiate the future arrangement with that in mind it's likely have been found to have acted in bad faith. indeed, and that is the point of the best endeavours and good—faith references within the document. and may i first say that this is the first opportunity i have in this chamber to say a heartfelt thank you to my honourable friend for the work he did for the commemorations of the armistice and c

package that we bring back from the european council, they will look at delivering on the vote of the british people and that doing so in a way that protects the interests of their constituents. and i believe that is the question that members of parliament will be asking themselves at that point, not about a second referendum. you'll take, as i said, a couple more. >> hi. my question is given the difficulty you're likely to have getting this deal through parliament, do you regret calling the general election last year? prime minister may: no, i don't regret calling the general election last year. as i say, you know, when it comes to the vote in parliament it will be a decision for m.p.'s to take. i'm going to do my job. i'm going to bring the best deal back for the british people and m.p.'s will then do their job and, of course, be held to account by their constituents for it. so the last question. >> thank you. joel. prime minister, you're a cricket fan. from the outside, it looks like you are a long way off getting the run of numbers you need. but your bats men are dropping off like

i'm so me so much going to it's good to have you with us another step towards bragg's that european council president donald tusk says the e.u. and the british government have agreed on a declaration on the two sides relationship after the u.k. leaves the block. it comes a day after british prime minister theresa may and commission president jiang held talks on the declaration it will now be reviewed by representatives of the remaining twenty seven e.u. countries ahead of a summit this weekend that which you leaders hope to sign off on the declaration and on the braggs it treaty itself may is to make a statement to the house of commons a little bit later in the day. more details now with our correspondents barbara vessel is standing by in london garrick is in brussels all right garrick let's start with you so we hear that an agreement is in place on the future relationship between the u.k. and the block what do you hearing there so we have been taking a look at a leaked draft of the documents i'm sorry one pages and i've learned a few new vocabulary series the new relationship is described

then it's clear that the european council summit will not go ahead because if it would. is british overseas territorial the southern tip of the bay area and peninsula which spain saying it's a british three hundred years ago has long sorts to reclaim. so that's got to take a look at what's at stake for people who live or work in the british overseas territory. the spanish town of la linea on the border which a printer unemployment here is high many work across the border nearly ten thousand people in southern spain make the daily commute to gibraltar suno this could become an external border it's not yet clear how this will affect their jobs the tourism industry or the port in casinos. is concerned about the future he's worried his job and a tobacco shop and could be under threat. that oh yeah i'm fifty three years old there's no oil of work here and i could suddenly find myself out of a job unemployed and about the bottom of that bottom what. many here share his sense of uncertainty. we still be able to cross the border like we do now no one knows. many people here are

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