UK and EU reach agreement on Brexit

Junker's message, while it was: "Where there is a will, there is an agreement, we have one!" and he accompanies it with a letter to EU leaders in which he recommends supporting the pact at its summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday.

According to Juncker, there is a "fair and balanced" agreement that reflects "our commitment to finding solutions".

In recent days, negotiations led by the Frenchman Michel Barnier by the European Union were intensified, in which the twenty-seven countries had "all their confidence" in place, according to community sources.

The main obstacle to an agreement was to find a solution for not lifting a physical boundary on the island of Ireland.

In his letter to the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, Juncker asked the 27 to give the revised text and the new statement of intent on future relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom , and urged to move forward "quickly" towards the debate on this future link.

"The negotiators reached an agreement on a revised protocol for Ireland and Northern Ireland and on a revised political declaration on 17 October 2019. Both have been validated by the European Commission. British minister has also conveyed his approval to these documents today, "said Juncker in the letter.

According to Juncker, the new political declaration on future relations reflects the change of heart of the new British government, which, after Johnson's arrival, favored a more distant status in its future relations with the EU, although the text final is not yet available. knows.

However, the Norwegian Unionist Democratic Party (DUP), the main partner of the British government, has reiterated its opposition to the London-Brussels deal on the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU).

Shortly after the Prime Minister and the European Commission (EC) confirmed the existence of the pact, DUP sources told the British BBC and Irish RTE that their position "remains the same".

"Our previous statement is still valid, in response to the news that an agreement has been reached," says the DUP note, whose ten deputies at Westminster allow Johnson to govern in a minority and whose votes are essential to ratification of the new agreement. .

Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said the best way to "solve" Brexit was to give citizens the "last word" on the agreement negotiated between London and Brussels by referendum.

"To our knowledge, the Prime Minister (Boris Johnson) has negotiated an agreement even worse than that of Theresa May, which was rejected by an overwhelming majority," said the leader of the left in a statement.

According to him, the agreement reached between London and Brussels before the start of the crucial European summit "will not reunite the country and should be rejected".