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LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May has launched a direct appeal to the British public for her to support her exit agreement from the European Union on Sunday, even as support for her own party at the EU The agreement seemed to escape him.
British Prime Minister Theresa May visits the European Council for a meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk to discuss a draft agreement on Brexit in Brussels on 24 November 2018. REUTERS / Dylan Martinez
May will meet the 27 other European leaders in Brussels this weekend to sign a divorce treaty and a political declaration ending more than 40 years in the largest trading bloc in the world.
In an open letter to the nation, May said she would campaign "wholeheartedly" to get her agreement on Brexit in the UK Parliament – an increasingly unlikely prospect given the strong opposition from some of his own deputies and allies of the conservative party of the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland (DUP) alike.
"It will be an agreement that is in our national interest – an agreement that works for our entire country and for all of our people, whether you vote" Leave "or" Stay, "she said.
The Sunday papers announced that different factions of his party were preparing alternative plans to keep Britain closer to the EU if its agreement failed as most people expect.
This included a plan drawn up by close allies such as Chancellor Philip Hammond and Labor and Pensions Minister Amber Rudd, the Sunday Times reported without citing sources.
The Sunday Telegraph said that there were plans on both sides of the Channel for a "Plan B". One of these relations was a Norwegian-type relationship with Brussels, according to which Britain would have a "safe exit mechanism" from EU rules, but would not be able to put an end to the free movement of bloc workers – the most controversial element of Brexit at the political level.
In her letter, May urged the British to begin a new era of political unity when they left the EU on March 29, 2019 and to set aside the fierce Brexit fighting.
"I want it to be a moment of renewal and reconciliation for our entire country. This must be the point when we put aside the labels "Leave" and "Stay" for good and we meet again as one people, "she said.
"Parliament will have the chance to do so in a few weeks when it will have a meaningful vote on the agreement."
Written by Elisabeth O 'Leary; Edited by Marguerita Choy
