Dutch PM: UK PM May's Brexit plan best for UK and EU
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(3 Dec 2018) The prime minister of the Netherlands is dismissing the idea that the European Union might revise the accord on its post-Brexit relationship with the United Kingdom. Mark Rutte said on Monday the remaining 27 EU members won't adjust the deal if British Prime Minister Theresa May loses a Dec. 11 parliamentary vote. Rutte cited "red lines" drawn by both sides during the negotiations, including the UK's refusal to accept free movement of people between Britain and the EU, and the Irish border issue. He told The Associated Press on the sidelines of the global climate conference in Katowice, Poland, that "when you take all these red lines into account it's simply impossible to come up with something different than we have currently, the deal on the table." Rutte added that "there is no Plan B. So it is this, or a hard Brexit or no Brexit at all." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/e341a2aabd26545ea0773aa0627d037f
