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Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab resigns over EU agreement
Download full text of draft here (pdf file, 585 pages) - Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, as agreed at negotiators' level on 14 November 2018
European Commission - Fact Sheet - Brexit Negotiations: What is in the Withdrawal Agreement
Theresa May statement, BBC News
Live statement from @MichelBarnier, European Commission Chief Negotiator (Eurcopean Commission)-
https://twitter.com/EU_Commission/status/1062798392953323523.
Decisive progress has been made in Brexit negotiations, European Commission
"The Withdrawal Agreement covers all elements of the UK's withdrawal from the EU: citizens' rights, the financial settlement, a transition period, governance, Protocols on Ireland, Gibraltar and Cyprus, as well as a range of other separation issues.
The EU and the UK negotiators have agreed on how to avoid a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. Both will use their best endeavours to have a future agreement concluded before the end of the transition period by 1 July 2020. Should this not be the case, the EU and the UK could jointly extend the transition period. Alternatively, as of January 2021, the backstop solution for Ireland and Northern Ireland would apply, subject to a joint review mechanism.
That backstop solution means that a single EU-UK customs territory will be established, which will apply from the end of the transition period until such a time as a subsequent agreement becomes applicable. Northern Ireland will therefore remain part of the same customs territory as the rest of the UK. The single customs territory covers all goods with the exception of fishery and aquaculture products.
The creation of the single customs territory includes the corresponding level playing field commitments and appropriate enforcement mechanisms to ensure fair competition between the EU27 and the UK.
The outline of the political declaration published today records the progress in reaching an overall understanding on the framework for the future EU-UK relationship. The EU and UK negotiators will continue their work based on the outline.
Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. The present Withdrawal Agreement – including the transition period – must take into account the framework of the future relationship. The political declaration must therefore be further developed and agreed in its final form".
Guy Verhofstadt - https://twitter.com/i/status/1062789358753906690
Leo Varadkar - https://twitter.com/campaignforleo/status/1062815292097732622
Leo Varadkar - https://twitter.com/campaignforleo/status/1062816652310519818
"Avoiding a hard border has proven to be one of the most difficult challenges. What has become know as “the backstop” is now fully spelt out in the Withdrawal Agreement. The backstop would apply “unless and until” a better solution is agreed".
Arlene Foster (DUP) - https://twitter.com/DUPleader/status/1062836881296162818
Decisive progress has been made in Brexit negotiations, European Commission
"The Withdrawal Agreement covers all elements of the UK's withdrawal from the EU: citizens' rights, the financial settlement, a transition period, governance, Protocols on Ireland, Gibraltar and Cyprus, as well as a range of other separation issues.
The EU and the UK negotiators have agreed on how to avoid a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. Both will use their best endeavours to have a future agreement concluded before the end of the transition period by 1 July 2020. Should this not be the case, the EU and the UK could jointly extend the transition period. Alternatively, as of January 2021, the backstop solution for Ireland and Northern Ireland would apply, subject to a joint review mechanism.
That backstop solution means that a single EU-UK customs territory will be established, which will apply from the end of the transition period until such a time as a subsequent agreement becomes applicable. Northern Ireland will therefore remain part of the same customs territory as the rest of the UK. The single customs territory covers all goods with the exception of fishery and aquaculture products.
The creation of the single customs territory includes the corresponding level playing field commitments and appropriate enforcement mechanisms to ensure fair competition between the EU27 and the UK.
The outline of the political declaration published today records the progress in reaching an overall understanding on the framework for the future EU-UK relationship. The EU and UK negotiators will continue their work based on the outline.
Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. The present Withdrawal Agreement – including the transition period – must take into account the framework of the future relationship. The political declaration must therefore be further developed and agreed in its final form".
Guy Verhofstadt - https://twitter.com/i/status/1062789358753906690
Leo Varadkar - https://twitter.com/campaignforleo/status/1062815292097732622
Leo Varadkar - https://twitter.com/campaignforleo/status/1062816652310519818
"Avoiding a hard border has proven to be one of the most difficult challenges. What has become know as “the backstop” is now fully spelt out in the Withdrawal Agreement. The backstop would apply “unless and until” a better solution is agreed".
Arlene Foster (DUP) - https://twitter.com/DUPleader/status/1062836881296162818
"We had a frank meeting tonight with the Prime Minister lasting almost an hour. She is fully aware of our position and concerns".
Her position (BBC News):
"Over time, such a deal will weaken the Union. No unionist Prime Minister could argue that such a deal is in the national interest. "It would be democratically unacceptable for Northern Ireland trade rules to be set by Brussels. Northern Ireland would have no representation in Brussels and would be dependent on a Dublin government speaking up for our core industries." She added: "I am heartened by friends of the Union on both sides of the House and across the United Kingdom who have pledged to stand with the DUP in opposing a deal which weakens the Union and hands control to Brussels rather than Parliament."
Nigel Farage At His Angriest As Cabinet Backs Draft Brexit Agreement, LBC
Brexit agreement: Theresa May faces MPs' questions, BBC News
Theresa May's Brexit plan: a split cabinet, a split party and a split nation, The Guardian
West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin shows support for Theresa May after Brexit plan backlash, Dorset Echo
Her position (BBC News):
"Over time, such a deal will weaken the Union. No unionist Prime Minister could argue that such a deal is in the national interest. "It would be democratically unacceptable for Northern Ireland trade rules to be set by Brussels. Northern Ireland would have no representation in Brussels and would be dependent on a Dublin government speaking up for our core industries." She added: "I am heartened by friends of the Union on both sides of the House and across the United Kingdom who have pledged to stand with the DUP in opposing a deal which weakens the Union and hands control to Brussels rather than Parliament."
Nigel Farage At His Angriest As Cabinet Backs Draft Brexit Agreement, LBC
Brexit agreement: Theresa May faces MPs' questions, BBC News
Theresa May's Brexit plan: a split cabinet, a split party and a split nation, The Guardian
West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin shows support for Theresa May after Brexit plan backlash, Dorset Echo
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