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| Britain and the EU have agreed on the text of the Brexit deal “in principle at a political level,” President of the European Council, Donald Tusk announced on Thursday. | Britain and the EU have agreed on the text of the Brexit deal “in principle at a political level,” President of the European Council, Donald Tusk announced on Thursday. |
| EU leaders have agreed on the Brexit draft “at negotiators’ level and agreed in principle at political level,” Tusk wrote on Twitter, citing a message which he had received earlier from the head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker. | EU leaders have agreed on the Brexit draft “at negotiators’ level and agreed in principle at political level,” Tusk wrote on Twitter, citing a message which he had received earlier from the head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker. |
| The text was discussed by Juncker and British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday. The draft of the divorce deal was then sent to the 27 other EU states. | The text was discussed by Juncker and British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday. The draft of the divorce deal was then sent to the 27 other EU states. |
| Lengthy and tense Brexit negotiations led to several rifts within the British government. May’s cabinet was thrown in disarray last week after several high-profile ministers resigned, including Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and Minister of State for Northern Ireland Shailesh Vara. They left their posts in protest at Brexit terms agreed by May. | Lengthy and tense Brexit negotiations led to several rifts within the British government. May’s cabinet was thrown in disarray last week after several high-profile ministers resigned, including Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and Minister of State for Northern Ireland Shailesh Vara. They left their posts in protest at Brexit terms agreed by May. |
| The series of resignations and the renewed political in-fighting prompted some politicians to question May’s future as prime minister. | |
| The former head of the anti-establishment UK Independence Party (UKIP), Nigel Farage, called the Brexit terms the “worst deal in history” and argued that the ensuing political crisis will eventually lead to May’s downfall. | |
| On Wednesday, the PM urged everyone in Parliament to support the draft. As she was grilled by MPs unhappy with the deal, May said the prospects of no deal will leave Britain with “more uncertainty, more division or it could risk no Brexit at all.” | |
| She later expressed confidence that an agreement will go through before March 29, 2019 – the date set for the nation to leave the EU. | |
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