UK Prime Minister Theresa May is travelling to Brussels to meet EU leaders to convince them to tweak the Irish backstop arrangement. And as the March 29 formal Brexit date is approaching, May is expected to ask European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Council President Donald Tusk and the European parliament’s Antonio Tajani to work “urgently”.
According to her office, May is expected to tell the parliament that the “The government now wants urgently to work with the EU to secure such changes … We must show determination and do what it takes to now get the deal over the line.” While the expectation on the meeting is low, May would describe today’s meeting as “part of a process leading to the government bringing back” a new vote on a Brexit agreement as soon as possible.
