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TEHRAN, Jan 15 -Germany’s foreign minister says that the European Union could begin new talks on Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc if a current divorce deal is rejected in the British parliament.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Heiko Maas said Tuesday that the EU could arrange further discussions on Brexit if the House of Commons, rejects Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal with the EU during a vote planned later in the day.
Mass, however, reiterated EU’s position that there would be no significant changes to the deal signed between May’s government and the bloc in November.
“If it goes wrong tonight, there could be further talks,” said Maas, adding, “The agreement stands, as it is. I doubt very much that the agreement can be fundamentally reopened. If there were a better solution, it would already have been put forward.”
The remarks came as Britain’s The Sun newspaper said May had reportedly managed to gain concessions from German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the weekend to try to improve her chances of securing the Brexit deal in the Commons.
A German government spokesman, however, denied the claims, saying Merkel had offered no more assurances to May over the Brexit deal and its clauses other than what had been promised by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk in a letter to London on Monday.
“The German Chancellor has given no assurances beyond those that were discussed by the European Council in December and what is set out in the letter from Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk,” said the spokesman on Tuesday.
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