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British Prime Minister Theresa May said the EU should treat the UK with "respect" in the Brexit negotiations.
In a statement to Downing Street, she said that European leaders should reject her plan without any alternative to this "late stage of negotiations" was "acceptable".
Ms. May added, "I will not reverse the outcome of the referendum and I will not separate my country."
May's statement followed a warm welcome for her Checkers plan at a summit of European leaders in Salzburg.
The Prime Minister said: "Throughout this process, I have treated the EU with respect only – the UK expects the same thing, a good relationship at the end of this process depends on it. "
"At this late stage of the negotiations, it is not acceptable to simply reject the proposals of the other parties without a detailed explanation and counter-proposals, so we must now hear the real problems of the EU and their alternative to be able to discuss it, until we do, we can not progress. "
She said the two sides were still "far removed" from the post-Brexit economic relationship.
Both options offered by the EU – for the UK to remain in the European Economic Area and the Customs Union or a basic agreement for free trade – were not acceptable, she added.
The first "would make a mockery of the referendum," she added, while the second would mean that Northern Ireland would be "permanently economically separated from the rest of the United Kingdom by a border off the sea". # 39; Ireland. "
Analysis by BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg
A severe tone, strong words.
But if the prime minister is not ready to compromise, the forces of the EU and his party intend to force it to do so.
Her problem is that they want to push her in different directions.
The rhetoric does not change the fact that few of the actors involved outside the number 10 believe that the Prime Minister's suggestions can be those that will eventually win the day.
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Ms May said that no British prime minister would ever accept that: "If the EU thinks I will, they are making a fundamental mistake."
She added that one or the other would be a "bad deal" and reiterated that "no deal is better than a bad deal".
She said the best outcome would be to leave with an agreement and that the UK had proposed a third way – its Checkers plan, which Donald Tusk rejected on the grounds that it would compromise the single market.
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"He did not explain in detail or make a counterproposal, so we are at a dead end," she said.
Earlier, Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said there was no "credible" alternative from the EU in the negotiations.
And he expressed doubts about the seriousness of the negotiations between European leaders.
He told Politics Live of the BBC: "It did not look like the reciprocity of the political approach she adopted (Ms. May)."
He added: "We have been pushed back on our plans without any consistent explanation as to why."
And he said the British government would "stay nervous, stay calm and continue to negotiate in good faith."
The UK must leave the EU on March 29, 2019.
Ms May said that her plan for the UK and the EU to share a "common rule book" for goods, but not services, is the only credible way to avoid a difficult border between l & rsquo; Northern Ireland and Ireland.
But some members of his own party oppose it, believing that this would compromise the sovereignty of the United Kingdom. And he received a nice welcome at this week's European summit in Austria.
At a press conference, the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, said that there were "positive elements" in Ms. May's proposals, known as the Checkers Plan.
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But he said the EU leaders had agreed that the proposals needed to be redrawn: "The proposed framework for economic cooperation will not work, especially because it undermines the single market."
He followed by posting a picture on Instagram of him and Ms. May watching cakes with the caption: "A piece of cake, maybe? Sorry, no cherries."
The EU has argued that the UK can not "choose" elements of its regulation.
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar told RTÉ on Friday: "I work every day, just like the Europeans and the British authorities to avoid a scenario where we would have no agreement, a difficult Brexit next March".
He said that there would be a "crisis in the coming weeks", but he felt that an agreement could be reached.
The UK and the EU are trying to reach an agreement by mid-November and want to avoid a difficult border – physical infrastructure like cameras or guard posts – between Ireland and the UK. North and the Republic of Ireland, but can not hear.
The EU insists on its own "legally binding Irish backstop" – what it describes as an insurance policy to prevent a difficult border, if no other solution can be found.
He suggests that Northern Ireland remains aligned with the EU in key areas, indeed remaining in the customs union and the single market. But the UK says this is unacceptable because it would separate Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
