The EU has approved an agreement on Brexit with Great Britain

EU27 leaders have officially approved Theresa May's agreement on Brexit, leaving her fate in the hands of the British parliament. The news came via a tweet from the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, about 40 minutes after the start of the council meeting.

Brussels leaders, including European Parliament President Antonio Tajani and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, have made it clear to journalists that, contrary to the wishes of many British MPs, they are not expecting a renegotiation of the law. 39; agreement.

The meeting resulted in a brief statement in which the European Council announced that it approved the agreement on the withdrawal and the political declaration setting the framework for future relations between Britain and the EU. . He also thanked "Michel Barnier for his tireless efforts as Chief Negotiator of the Union and for his contribution to the maintenance of unity among the EU27 Member States throughout the negotiations. . "

However, it seems unlikely that the agreement will reach the UK Parliament, which will vote in December. BuzzFeed News has counted 91 members of May 's own party who said they would not support it, and the Labor opposition party said it would reject him.

On Sunday, DUP leader Arlene Foster, whose party votes in May will likely have to end the deal, also said she would not support it.

Foster told Andrew Marr that there was "no circumstance" in which the DUP would support the agreement, and went so far as to say that the DUP could terminate its agreement of "trust and supply" – which keeps May's minority government in power – if the deal was successful.

The night before the meeting, May issued a "letter to the nation" in which she implored people to support her agreement, even though he had been attacked from all sides of the Brexit debate.

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt defended the agreement on Sunday morning. He told Andrew Marr that the deal was "not perfect," adding, "The question is whether this can serve as a springboard for getting 100% of what we want, especially as an independent trading nation. , a sovereign Britain digging its furrow in the world "? "

However, critics have continued to rise from all sides. Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith said he was "likely" to vote against the agreement, while the "Leave.EU" group, the "Brexit Campaign", called the process of "over-sale".

Most Labor MPs should also reject the agreement. Lisa Nandy – a member of the opposition party who, according to some, could support the bill, announced Sunday morning that she would not do it.

At the same time, MP Stephen Doughty, a member of the pro-Remain Best campaign group for Britain, said the political declaration "seems to represent very little progress on what is already a bad deal, just a series. tiny fig leaves in a desperate attempt at the eleventh hour to stem a mass rebellion on the backs of the conservative party ", and describes the document as" a victory of the wave ".

Some deputies want the agreement to be renegotiated, others want a second referendum. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday morning that he thought it was likely that the Labor Party would eventually support this latter option.

However, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said the agreement was "the best possible", adding: "I think the British Parliament, because this parliament is wise, will ratify this agreement ". At a press conference, he has on today describe as "a sad day".