EU leaders give Brexit deal cautious approval but foresee obstacles

EU leaders and MEPs have given a cautious welcome to the draft Brexit deal struck between the EU and the UK but warned it faced major hurdles in the British and European parliaments and could take time to ratify. France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, praised the agreement, saying it “allows us to respond to the political and technical concerns that both we and the British share”, but said it was up to the British prime minister to get it through the House of Commons. He said he was “reasonably confident this can be ratified by a vote of the British parliament”, but added that “based on past experience, we have to be reasonably cautious … History tells us parliaments may not like the agreement.” Arriving at a European council meeting in Brussels, Angela Merkel said the draft deal represented “the opportunity to uphold the integrity of the single market and stand by the Good Friday agreement”. The German chancellor added that she was in a “very optimistic” mood. The Irish taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, said the agreement would allow the UK to leave the EU in an “orderly way”. The backstop had been replaced, he added, and its alternative “does what we… Read full this story

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