Britain publishes a plan for future ties with the European Union after Brexit that prompted high-profile resignations from the cabinet and an ongoing rebellion among hardliners in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative party.
May writes in a foreword to the controversial policy paper, which calls for a free trade area and common rules with the EU for goods, that reaching a Brexit agreement with Brussels “requires pragmatism and compromise from both sides.”
The British government has released proposals for what it calls a “principled, pragmatic and ambitious” Brexit — plans that have already triggered the resignation of two top ministers and face likely resistance from the European Union.
The long-awaited document has infuriated fervent Brexit supporters in May’s party, who think it would limit Britain’s ability to strike new trade deals around the world.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit Secretary David Davis both quit the government this week in protest.
— Agencies
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