May will ask the EU for another extension of time and proposed to meet Corbyn

LONDON – In a new chapter of the endless British exit from the European Union (EU), the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, announced today that she would ask for a further extension of the bargaining period for Brexit and that she would sit down with Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn to try to "break the stalemate" in Parliament.

In a statement from Downing Street, the Prime Minister acknowledged that "there are some who are so tired of those delays and discussions that they would like to leave (the EU) without an agreement the week next. "

"I've always been clear on the fact that they could succeed without a long-term deal, but going with an agreement is the best solution," he said before stressing that his government " needs a new extension of Article 50, as short as possible, and come to an end when the agreement has been approved. "

"We need to clarify the purpose of this extension: to ensure that we leave in a timely and orderly manner," said May, who warned that "this debate and division can not last longer".

Thus, he argued that the situation "puts parliamentarians and everyone else under tremendous pressure and harms our policy," he proposed to meet Corbyn "to try to agree on a plan that we both realize to guarantee the exit of the EU that we do it with an agreement ".

"Any plan will have to include the withdrawal agreement, which has already been negotiated with the other 27 Member States and that the EU has already repeated many times that it can not open and that he will not open it, "he explained.

In this regard, chose to "focus" on what will be the "future relationship" with the EU, while baderting that "the ideal outcome of this process would be to agree on a position on the relationship future that satisfies the results of the referendum and that can be presented (…) to the House of Commons for approval. "" Later, it will be presented to the European Council next week, "he added.

"However, if we can not agree on a unified position, we could agree on several options for future relations (with the EU) that we could present to the House of Commons during a series of votes to determine the way forward, "he said.

"Crucially, the government is ready to stick to the decision of the House of Commons, but for this process to work, the opposition must also engage in it," he said. -he adds.

In this sense, May explained that it would be at that time that the government "could advance the project on the withdrawal agreement". "We want to agree on a timetable for this project which will guarantee its approval before May 22, so that the United Kingdom is not obliged to participate in the elections to the European Parliament," he added.

Finally, May acknowledged that it was a "difficult time for all" and that "there are many pbadions in all the discussions", although he called for "finding commitments that correspond to what the British people voted ".

"This is a decisive moment for the history of these islands and a national unity is needed to satisfy the national interest," May said.

DPA Agency