«Breaking News» Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt says May will not get what she wants

The EU started its fightback against Britain today and said Theresa May is wasting her time if she believes they will reopen Brexit negotiations. 

Eurocrats have held crisis talks in Brussels this morning - hours after their leaders pooh-poohed the Prime Minister's big win in the Commons last night.

European Parliament Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt said this morning: 'The Irish backstop is an insurance element of Theresa May's Brexit deal which must remain'. 

While chief negotiator Michel Barnier said simply: 'The position of the European Union is very clear. The EU institutions remain united, and we stand by the agreement that we have negotiated with the UK never against the UK'.

Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt suggested today that Mrs May is wasting her time

Guy Verhofstadt and Michel Barnier (pictured laughing today) led crisis talks this morning (pictured) - but are standing firm saying the deal will not be reopened

Theresa May leaves Parliament last night after her big win - but now she has a fortnight to win a new deal with the EU

Last night Commons voted by 317 to 301 in favour of the backstop changes - which Mrs May said showed there was a means of securing a 'substantial and sustainable majority in this House for leaving the EU with a deal' and vowed to seek a new agreement with Brussels.

But in a statement, Mr Tusk's spokesman said minutes later: 'The Withdrawal Agreement is and remains the best and only way to ensure an orderly withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.

'The backstop is part of the Withdrawal Agreement, and the Withdrawal Agreement is not open for re-negotiation.' 

Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney said the controversial backstop arrangement remained 'necessary' despite the vote, while the European Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator, Guy Verhofstadt, said there was 'no majority to re-open or dilute' the Withdrawal Agreement.

And French President Emmanuel Macron also said the agreement was 'not renegotiable', in comments just moments before MPs voted. 

Theresa May smiles last  night after securing a rare Commons victory last night as she goes head to head with the EU over the dreaded backstop

Jeremy Corbyn (pictured) finally agreed to Brexit talks with Theresa May last night after the Prime Minister navigated a minefield of seven votes on Plan B

A diagram showing how Graham Brady's amendment - calling on Theresa May to renegotiate the Irish backstop - won the support of the House of Commons

 Last night the prime minister secured an extraordinary victory keeping her deal alive and kill off delaying Brexit and relied on fourteen Labour MPs from leave-backing constituencies for her triumph.

Hundreds of MPs who inflicted a historic defeat on her withdrawal plan earlier this month last night voted by 317 to 301 to give her 'Plan B' their backing – provided the Irish backstop is replaced.

What happens next after MPs backed Plan B? 

Later this week: Theresa May is expected to return to Brussels to ask for changes to the Irish backstop, after MPs backed an amendment calling for 'alternative arrangements'. Her office has not yet confirmed when she will travel to meet EU leaders, who have already said they will not renegotiate the deal. 

February 13: If no new deal has been reached, Mrs May will address MPs again on this date and her Government will put a further motion before the House of Commons. MPs would then be able to vote on further amendments, potentially on February 14.

March 29: Brexit day. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act of 2018 fixed 11pm on March 29 as the time and date when Britain will leave the EU. If no agreement has been reached by then, the UK - in spite of the Commons vote against a cliff-edge Brexit last night - will leave without a deal. 

The Prime Minister said there could now be a 'substantial and sustainable majority for leaving the EU with a deal' with Tory sources suggested Mrs May might return to Brussels to seek concessions by the end of this week.

But she is now on collision course with European leaders, with European Council President Donald Tusk saying the divorce deal was not up for renegotiation within minutes of her Commons win.

Labour defections helped Mrs May to triumph in the Commons and win backing for her plans to seek an alternative to the Irish backstop.

But there are growing calls from members of Jeremy Corbyn's Momentum group to deselect them with critics calling them 'traitors'.

14 Labour MPs rebelled against Jeremy Corbyn last night to sink the party's plan to delay Brexit and send Theresa May back to Brussels with a stronger hand.

Backbench rebels including veteran left-winger Dennis Skinner joined the Conservatives in the division lobbies to vote down Yvette Cooper's amendment but were accused of 'letting the party down'. 

Seven of the Labour rebels also joined the Government in backing the Graham Brady amendment, supported by Theresa May, which gives the PM a mandate to renegotiate her Brexit deal. 

Last night's votes were a crushing rejection for Jeremy Corbyn who switched labour's official position to seeking a Brexit delay in a bid to defeat Mrs May.

The Cooper plan, which was backed by Mr Corbyn, called for an extension of Article 50 to keep the UK in the EU until the end of the year in order to reach a deal. 

It was supported by the Labour frontbench as well as Tories including Nick Boles, but was defeated by 321 votes to 298 last night. 

The Labour MPs who voted against it were Ian Austin, Kevin Barron, Ronnie Campbell, Rosie Cooper, Jim Fitzpatrick, Caroline Flint, Roger Godsiff, Stephen Hepburn, Kate Hoey, John Mann, Dennis Skinner, Laura Smith, Gareth Snell and Graham Stringer.  

 

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