Brexit: DUP Rejects Deal 'as Things Stand' As PM Heads To EU Summit
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published October 17, 2019 | 02:31 PM
Boris Johnson has suffered a blow to his proposed Brexit deal as the Democratic Unionist Party said it cannot support plans "as things stand"
London (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th October, 2019) Boris Johnson has suffered a blow to his proposed Brexit deal as the Democratic Unionist Party said it cannot support plans "as things stand".The support of the DUP is seen as crucial if the prime minister is to win Parliament's approval for the deal in time for his 31 October deadline.The DUP said it would continue to work with the government to try to get a "sensible" deal.It comes as Johnson heads to a crunch summit to get the EU's approval.On the EU's side, the legal text of a draft Brexit deal is seen as being "pretty much ready".But the UK government has yet to approve the documents and the DUP remains unhappy about elements of the prime minister's revised plan for Northern Ireland.In a joint statement released on Thursday, the DUP's leader and deputy said discussions with the government were "ongoing" but "as things stand, we could not support what is being suggested on customs and consent issues and there is a lack of clarity on VAT".
"We will continue to work with the government to try and get a sensible deal that works for Northern Ireland and protects the economic and constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom," Arlene Foster and Nigel Dodds added.The party has helped prop up the Conservative government since the 2017 general election.In the past, a number of Tory Brexiteers have said their own support for a Brexit deal was contingent on the DUP's backing of any agreement.The Adam Fleming said the DUP's rejection of Johnson's proposals has put a "big spanner in the works".Our Brussels reporter said the "choreography" of Thursday's summit in Brussels had now been put in "jeopardy".
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