UK parliament backs new Irish backstop talks but EU stands firm
2019-01-30 09:57:05 source：The Aljazeera
January 30, 2019
The UK parliament has authorised Prime Minister Theresa May to reopen negotiations with the European Union to replace a controversial Irish border guarantee within her Brexit deal, in a move that immediately received a flat rejection from Brussels.
Two weeks after resoundingly rejecting the divorce agreement May spent a year and a half negotiating with the bloc, members of parliament on Tuesday backed a proposal intended to send her back to Brussels with a stronger mandate to seek changes that were more likely to win their support.
At the same time, they also passed a non-binding amendment ruling out a potentially chaotic "no-deal" exit.
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