Brexit: May should meet Corbyn to break the stalemate

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Theresa May is expected to meet Jeremy Corbyn later, after stating that she wants to work with the union leader to break the Brexit deadlock.

The Prime Minister hopes that Mr Corbyn and herself will be able to propose a modified version of his withdrawal agreement with the EU, which could guarantee the support of MEPs.

Mr Corbyn said he wanted the customs union and workers' rights to be given priority.

Meanwhile, a group of multi-party MPs will try to pbad a bill to end a Brexit without agreement.

Ms May announced her intention to meet Mr Corbyn – as well as his intention to ask the EU for an extension of the deadline for Brexit – after more than seven hours of talks with his cabinet on Tuesday.

This decision angered the Brexiteers in his party, including former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who accused her of "entrusting the final Brexit job to Brexit".

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said it meant that the prime minister would probably adopt a closer relationship with the EU – a sweeter Brexit – than she had accepted until then. Now.

The UK was supposed to leave the EU on March 29, but Ms. May agreed to a short extension after the MPs refused to approve her withdrawal agreement.

Attempts by MPs to find another way out of the stalemate also failed for the second time this week.

The UK now has until April 12 to propose a plan to the EU – which must be accepted by the bloc – or it will leave without an agreement on that date.

Ms. May 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 an emergency summit on Brexit.

If the two leaders do not agree on one way forward, Ms. May said that a number of options would be offered to MPs "to determine the way forward".

Whatever the case may be, she stated that she would ask the EU for a further extension of the Brexit date in order to obtain, if necessary, an agreement from the Parliament before the 22nd of September. May, so that the United Kingdom is not required to participate in the European elections.

The final decision on a delay belongs to the EU. BBC's editor-in-chief for Europe, Katya Adler, said that although Brussels "welcomes talks" between the prime minister and Mr Corbyn, his claims have not changed and he is "likely to impose strict conditions on any further extension".

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Mr. Corbyn said he was "very happy" to meet Ms. May and acknowledged her "responsibility" for trying to break the stalemate.

Unions have previously indicated that they have six criteria to judge any final agreement on Brexit, including the protection of workers' rights, the establishment of a permanent customs union with the Union. and the same advantages as the UK single market.

She was to move. The prime minister has made its priority objective the exit of the EU from an agreement rather than the happy satisfaction of the conservative Brexiteers.

For so long, Theresa May has been ridiculed by her rivals, both inside and out, for being attached to the idea that she could get the job done. integrity of the country and its party throughout this process.

But after her market was dismissed at the hands of the Eurosceptics, in the words of a cabinet minister in the hall during today's marathon session, she attempted to present the Brexit with conservative votes – Tory Brexiteers replied "No".

Now she will try to deliver the Brexit with Labor voices. In a way, it is as simple as that.

Read Laura's full blog here

The offer of talks with the Labor leader provoked a brutal reaction among the Brexiteers. Boris Johnson said the Brexit "was getting too soft to decay."

Jacob Rees-Moss added: "Decide that you prefer to be supported by a Marxist than by your own party is reckless."

The Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland, which supports Ms. May's government but has repeatedly voted against her agreement, said: "It remains to be seen whether to outsource the future of Brexit to Jeremy. Corbyn, whom the Conservatives have been demonizing for four years, will end well. "

However, Secretary of the Environment, Michael Gove, himself a Brexiteer leader, said he supported discussions with the Labor Party because he "wanted to make sure that the spirits are concentrated so that we leave ".

Following Mrs May's statement, the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, called for patience.

European leaders have stepped up their plans to deal with a possible "no-deal", particularly around the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

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Meanwhile, backbenchers tabled a bill to prevent the United Kingdom from leaving the European Union without an agreement on April 12.

If pbaded, the bill – introduced by Labor MP Yvette Cooper – will require the Prime Minister to seek an extension of Article 50 beyond this deadline.

Normally, the government selects bills to be tabled in Parliament, but MPs previously voted to allow backbenchers to take over affairs in the House of Commons on Wednesday, which means that Mrs. Cooper could bring his own.

And then?

• Wednesday, April 3rd: Theresa May is likely to start discussions with Jeremy Corbyn; multi-party group tries to exclude the law of non-market
• Wednesday, April 10: European leaders' emergency summit on any request for additional extension of the United Kingdom
• Friday April 12th: Brexit Day, if the UK does not ask / the EU does not grant any additional time
• May 23-26: Elections to the European Parliament