«Breaking News» Merkel tells May there is still time to negotiate Brexit deal with EU

Angela Merkel urged Theresa May to come up with a new plan on Brexit today as she insisted there is still time to negotiate. 

The German Chancellor heaped pressure on the PM by insisting the UK must provide solutions to the impasse after the House of Commons delivered a huge rejection of her deal. 

The challenge came as EU splits emerged, with senior figures warning against delaying the Brexit date - while Michel Barnier said Brussels is ramping up no-deal preparations.

The comments appeared to clash with French President Emmanuel Macron, who last night suggested he believes the UK will need more time.  

Ireland has also made clear it would not block any request to extend the Article 50 process. 

The Irish PM Leo Varadkar today admitted that a no deal Brexit would hammer his country's economy. 

But he laid the blame for the Brexit chaos at Mrs May's feet and said she must abandon her 'red lines' to get a deal done. 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel heaped pressure on Mrs May by saying it was for the PM to propose Brexit solutions

Addressing the EU parliament in the aftermath of the drubbing, Michel Barnier claimed the terms still represented 'the best possible compromise'

Mr Barnier ruled out abandoning the concept of an Irish border backstop - something Brexiteers have been demanding

Speaking in Berlin this morning, Mrs Merkel suggested there was still enough time left to rework the package.

'We still have time to negotiate but we're now waiting on what the prime minister proposes,' she told reporters. 

However, Berlin's foreign minister Heiko Maas insisted there should only be an extension if there was a 'path' to implementing a deal. 

And Dr Volker Treier of the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce said: 'Better a horrible ending than unending horror.' 

Addressing MEPs in Strasbourg, the EU's chief negotiator Mr Barnier said he was 'sad' that MPs voted down the Brexit deal and made clear the bloc would now be stepping up 'contingency' planning. 

He said the Commons had failed to 'define an alternative, insisting the existing package still represented 'the best possible compromise'.

He also ruled out abandoning the Irish border backstop - something Brexiteers have been demanding. 

'It's up to the UK government now to decide how it will take things forward,' Mr Barnier told MEPs. 

European politicians have been digesting the unprecedented drubbing handed out to the UK government last night.

EU Council President Donald Tusk suggested if MPs cannot agree a deal and don't want to crash out without one, they should consider reversing the historic vote.

And EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker warned that 'time is almost up' as he announced no deal planning will be ramped up in the wake of the defeat.

He made a dash back to Brussels for emergency Brexit meetings as the deal was voted down by 432 votes to 202 - meaning a staggering 230 MPs voted against her. 

Mr Tusk said: 'If a deal is impossible, and no one wants no deal, then who will finally have the courage to say what the only positive solution is?'  

Mr Juncker said last night: 'The risk of a disorderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom has increased with this evening's vote. 

Berlin's foreign minister Heiko Maas said there was no point extending the Article 50 unless there was a clear 'path' for how a settlement can be reached

'While we do not want this to happen, the European Commission will continue its contingency work to help ensure the EU is fully prepared.

'I urge the United Kingdom to clarify its intentions as soon as possible. Time is almost up.' 

However, signs of divisions have started to emerge, with some senior figures such as Emmanuel Macron suggesting the Brexit process will have to be extended and others urging more compromise. 

But Mr Barnier said Brussels was also stepping up its preparations for a no-deal Brexit. 

In an interview on Deutschlandfunk public radio, Mr Maas played down the idea of extending Article 50. 

'It would only make sense (to extend the deadline) if there is a path to the goal of a deal between the EU and Great Britain,' he said.

He also voiced doubt that any significant improvements could be made to the draft Withdrawal Agreement.

'We have a compromise,' Maas said. 'If more could have been offered, it would have been done weeks ago.' 

Jean-Claude Juncker (pictured in Strasbourg this week) made a dash back to Brussels for emergency Brexit meetings amid expectations Theresa May would suffer a devastating defeat last night

After her defeat last night, Mrs May (pictured) said she would reach out across parties to try to find a way forward

 

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