By — Associated Press Associated Press Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/eu-parliament-chief-warns-of-brexit-catastrophe Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter EU parliament chief warns of Brexit ‘catastrophe’ World Feb 7, 2019 10:17 AM EDT BRUSSELS — The president of the European Parliament is warning that the EU and Britain are on the verge of an “economic and human catastrophe” if they fail to finalize the Brexit agreement. After talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May, Antonio Tajani said Thursday: “We are very concerned. … This is the reality of a no-deal Brexit.” Tajani, whose European Parliament, like the U.K. Parliament, must endorse any deal by March 29, says that lawmakers do not want to renegotiate the legally binding divorce agreement. But he says that they “are open to be more ambitious on our future relations, including looking at the Irish situation again if the U.K.’s red lines change.” Top EU Brexit lawmaker Guy Verhofstadt is proposing to make a separate Brexit political declaration on future EU-U.K. ties “more binding, more precise.” READ MORE: EU leaders say ‘no’ Brexit deal changes. What now? By — Associated Press Associated Press
BRUSSELS — The president of the European Parliament is warning that the EU and Britain are on the verge of an “economic and human catastrophe” if they fail to finalize the Brexit agreement. After talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May, Antonio Tajani said Thursday: “We are very concerned. … This is the reality of a no-deal Brexit.” Tajani, whose European Parliament, like the U.K. Parliament, must endorse any deal by March 29, says that lawmakers do not want to renegotiate the legally binding divorce agreement. But he says that they “are open to be more ambitious on our future relations, including looking at the Irish situation again if the U.K.’s red lines change.” Top EU Brexit lawmaker Guy Verhofstadt is proposing to make a separate Brexit political declaration on future EU-U.K. ties “more binding, more precise.” READ MORE: EU leaders say ‘no’ Brexit deal changes. What now?