UK, EU secure three-part deal on Brexit divorce

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British Prime Minister Theresa May's government secured a three-part package of changes from the EU to the terms of its withdrawal deal.

"Tomorrow there will be a fundamental choice -- to vote for the improved deal or to plunge this country into a political crisis," he said., which governs Britain's exit terms, and the political declaration on future trade terms.controversial"backstop" planThis"provides confirmation that the EU cannot try to trap the UK in the backstop indefinitely, and that doing so would be an explicit breach" of commitments on both sides, Lidington said.

If the EU failed to try to find an alternative to the backstop, Lidington said Britain could use this joint instrument"as the basis for a formal dispute through independent arbitration", and ultimately get the backstop suspended.The document also emphasises that both Britain and the EU want to find an alternative to the backstop by December 2020.

A second document would supplement the political declaration, and outline commitments from both sides on moving swiftly to this new relationship.

 

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