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Theresa May will ask the EU for an extension of the Brexit deadline to "break the stalemate" in Parliament.
The prime minister said he wants to meet union leader Jeremy Corbyn in order to agree on a plan on future relations with the EU.
But she insisted that her withdrawal agreement – which had been rejected last week – would remain an integral part of the deal.
The offer of negotiations between parties provoked the wrath of the Tory Brexiteers, with Boris Johnson accusing the ministers of "entrusting the final treatment of Brexit to the Labor Party".
The former foreign minister said that he could never accept a customs union with the EU, one of the proposals supported by Mr Corbyn.
Mr Corbyn said he was "very happy" to meet the Prime Minister, adding that Parliament should vote as soon as possible on alternatives to the current framework governing future relations.
The UK has until April 12 to propose a plan to the EU – which must be accepted by them – or it will leave without an agreement.
The UK was supposed to leave the EU on March 29, but Ms. May agreed to a short extension after realizing that Parliament would not accept an agreement by the deadline.
In a statement to Downing Street, Ms May said she wanted any further expansion to be "as short as possible" – before May 22, so that the UK would not be required to participate in the European elections.
Ms. May met with his office for more than seven hours on Tuesday. She then stated that she wanted to agree a new plan with Mr. Corbyn and put it to a vote in the Commons before April 10, when the EU will hold a summit meeting. emergency on Brexit.
If she and Mr. Corbyn do not agree on one and the same way forward, she proposes to propose to MPs a number of options "to determine the way forward".
MEPs held indicative votes twice in an attempt to reach a consensus, but none of the proposals won a majority.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said there were differing views on the level of support for any extension within the government.
Insisting on this point, Secretary of the Environment, Michael Gove, told the BBC that there had been no vote on the issue – and that there was a "critical consensus" on an extension as short as possible.
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June 2016: UK votes by referendum to leave the EU
November 2018: UK approves withdrawal agreement and framework for future relations with the EU
December 2018: Theresa May postpones her first significant vote on the deal in order to get new badurances from the EU
January 15th: House of Commons rejects global agreement on Brexit by 230 votes
March 13th: MEPs vote for second time against Brexit by 149 votes
March 22: The EU agrees to postpone the Brexit beyond March 29 – but only until April 12 if the UK fails to reach an agreement within a week or so
March 29th: MEPs alone reject the agreement of withdrawal by 58 votes
April 2: PM declares that she will request an additional "short extension" of the EU
The prime minister said he understood that some people would prefer to leave without agreement, and said that the UK "could succeed in the long term a non-agreement".
But she added that starting with an agreement was "the best solution".
"It's a difficult time for everyone. The pbadions are there, but we can and must find the compromises that will get what the British people voted for.
"This is a decisive moment in the history of these islands and it takes national unity to defend the national interest."
Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that it was another case where the prime minister "was doing everything", while the head of the Lib Dem, Sir Vince Cable questioned the purpose of the multi-party talks.
Hilary Benn, the Labor MP who chairs the House of Commons Brexit Committee, said the Prime Minister's announcement was "good news," but she had to show that she was truly open to the news. ideas.
But Labor MP Kate Hoey, who supports Brexit, said: "Whatever the trade-offs," proposed Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn, many MPs would simply not vote in favor of the withdrawal agreement. .
"I still think people really voted for," she told the BBC's Beyond 100 Days program.
"They voted in favor of leaving, it's really very simple, it's just that many MPs do not want us to leave and have prevented us from doing so."
Following Mrs May's statement, the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, called for patience.
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