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TEHRAN, October 16 - British Prime Minister Theresa May will discuss Brexit with her ministers on Tuesday, under pressure to rethink her plans from both some members of her Conservative Party and the European Union.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - A day before May heads to Brussels for a summit, a senior EU official again made clear that parts of May's plan could not work and said the time was right to step up plans for Britain leaving the bloc without a deal.
With less than six months before Britain leaves the EU, Brexit talks have reached a stalemate over the so-called Irish backstop, a fallback plan to ensure there is no return to a hard border between Northern Ireland and EU-member Ireland.
May told parliament on Monday she would not accept the EU's proposal for such a backstop because, she said, it could break up the United Kingdom.
On Tuesday, a German official repeated the EU's line that the backstop needed to be legally watertight and without it there would be no Brexit deal.
Germany's European Affairs Minister Michael Roth offered this advice to May: "Take responsibility and be constructive."
But other ministers arriving in Luxembourg for a meeting of EU ministers pointed to the progress made so far in the Brexit talks.
Source: Reuters
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