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Theresa May defended her draft Brexit agreement in the House of Commons against persistent criticism from the opposition and many Conservative MPs.
She said the agreement reached on the outcome of the EU referendum had been successful – and that MEPs could vote on 11 December.
But she admitted that she was not "fully satisfied" with the "backstop" emergency plan to avoid a hard border in Ireland.
Jeremy Corbyn said that "continuing to work" with an agreement opposed by the public and the deputies was a "national self-harm act".
The Labor Party leader suggested that Parliament would have "little choice" if it was to reject the agreement when MPs vote it.
A host of former Conservative ministers, including Iain Duncan Smith, Boris Johnson, Owen Paterson, Michael Fallon and Dominic Grieve, also said that the deal was not satisfactory.
Ms May faces a bitter struggle to convince MEPs to accept the terms of the withdrawal agreement – and a political declaration on future relations between the EU and the UK – approved Sunday by EU leaders.
What was May's speech to MPs?
Ms May said that there had been "concessions" during the 19-month negotiations, but that the final agreement "had been made to the British people" by regaining control of the laws, the 39, money and borders.
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It expressed concern over arrangements to avoid the return of physical checks at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, which could lead the United Kingdom to conclude a customs agreement with the United Kingdom. the EU – called "backstop".
Ms May told MEPs that the "backstop" was an "insurance policy nobody wanted to use". She insisted that the United Kingdom would have the right to decide whether it would come into force if the future relations of the United Kingdom were not settled before the end of the month. 2020, as she hoped.
Support of some sort would be needed, she said, because of the UK's obligation to respect the Good Friday agreement, the peace agreement reached with the United States. Northern Ireland 20 years ago, adding: "there is no agreement without support and without support" is not an agreement ".
She also insisted that she had been firm in the face of the EU's repeated attempts to link fishermen's access to British waters with future trade agreements, while the SNP and others had claimed that his contract had "sold" the Scottish fishermen.
The PM also regretted not having said in his speech last week that Brexit would prevent EU migrants from "jumping up". The comments elicited an angry reaction from European citizens living in the UK.
How Corbyn and the other members reacted
The Labor Party leader said that May had signed a "sloppy agreement" that would "leave the UK in a worse situation" and that "continuing to plow is not stoic, it's an act of national self-harm ".
He said the Prime Minister needed a "Plan B" involving a permanent customs regime and stronger protections for employment and the environment, which is the Brexit union's policy.
"This deal is not a plan for the future of Britain," he added. This is why the deputies had "little choice" but to reject it.
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Caroline Flint, one of the few Labor MPs to have declared herself ready to vote for the deal, urged Ms. May and Mr. Corbyn to hold face-to-face talks in order to come up with a compromise acceptable to both parties.
Conservative MP Mark Francois was part of a host of MPs who urged the Prime Minister to think again, saying the deal was "as dead as a dodo" and that he "would not pass" in front of Parliament.
"The House of Commons never went to anyone," he said. "It will not start now."
Former Defense Secretary Sir Michael Fallon, once considered a loyalist, said the UK would have "a huge gamble" to "make our vote and our veto right without any firm commitment to it." "Friction free trade" outside the EU.
Former Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said it was "hard to see" how the agreement could provide certainty to businesses when ministers made different comments about what "money" was going to be doing. They wanted.
Iain Blackford, SNP, said the deal was "full of things", which would result in "selling the Scottish fishermen", while Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable and the MP Green Party, Caroline Lucas, called for a new referendum.
And Nigel Dodds, of the DUP, said that the safety net "was bad for the UK and for the economy" and that a law enforcement was absolutely necessary.
Future problems?
Iain Watson's analysis of the BBC
Theresa May told MPs that her plan was in the national interest, taking into account the results of the referendum while protecting the economy.
But if this debate is a foretaste of the future, the prime minister is in big trouble.
One MP after another, the remaining members and the outgoing members, and all parties voted against Ms. May's plan.
Indeed, a prime minister has rarely been able to receive such a decision. Ms. May now has just over two weeks to try to rally support for Parliament.
On several occasions, MEPs asked her what was "Plan B" if she lost the vote, but she avoided a direct answer.
