Theresa May says that she will ask the European Union to renegotiate the Brexit agreement | World

With this statement, May begins the parliamentary debates on the amendments to the original text, which will be put to the vote late in the afternoon, looking for a solution for the exit of the United Kingdom of the European Union. She said that she wanted to send European leaders "the clearest possible message" about what British parliamentarians want.

The Prime Minister asked MEPs to support an amendment providing for the revision of the "backstop", a series of customs guarantees for the movement of goods and persons between the Republic of Ireland (independent and part of the EU) and Northern Ireland (a member of the United Kingdom) – which is the main point of contention of the agreement it has reached with the Europeans.

The amendment proposed by the Conservative Graham Brady defends that the "backstop" be replaced by "alternative agreements".

According to the government's badessment, strong support for this amendment will allow May to demonstrate to the EU that a change of support is enough to get approval from the British Parliament.

On January 15, the House of Commons rejected May's agreement with European leaders several months earlier in Brussels, imposing the biggest defeat of the British government in modern history. This rejection left Britain closer to the threat of leaving the bloc without an agreement on March 29. The prime minister is trying to prevent this from happening.

The opposition doubts that May will have time to renegotiate the agreement and will try to ensure that the rest of Parliament takes control of the final Brexit decisions.

After the defeat in Parliament, the head of government asked parliamentarians to make proposals to avoid chaos after the deadline.

Several amendments have been tabled by parliamentarians since the rejection of the original agreement. This afternoon, some will be chosen by the Speaker of the British House of Commons, John Bercow.

One of the proposals was presented by British opposition union leader Jeremy Corbyn. The party is calling for a three-month deadline for Brexit if the government fails to reach an exit agreement approved by Parliament by 26 February.

Already, their Scottish and Welsh counterparts, who also voted overwhelmingly to reject the May agreement, propose to delay the UK's exit from the block and remove the possibility of a non-agreement .