the european council and the commission, the european parliament, and the council took the necessary steps to ensure that the agreement can happen on march 30, 2019, to provide for an orderly withdrawal. the european council approved the political declarations with the framework for the relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. the european council respected the determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. i quote this passage of today's conclusions, and it contains the essence of our meeting. after a difficult process of ratification as well as further negotiations, but regardless of how it will all and, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end. the day on which we have set aside the results that have been obtained, but it is a very sad day to see a country like the u.k., in the same would apply to any other country. a country leaving the eu does not give way to the raising of champagne glasses, and they have attempted to express their sadness, broadly sha

on this basis, the european council invited the commission, the european parliament and the council to march 2019 for an orderly withdrawal. the european council approved the political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. the european council restated the union's determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. i quote this passage of today's conclusions. it contains the essence of our meeting. ahead of us is the difficult process of ratification, as well as further negotiations. but regardless of how it will all end, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end of days, and one day longer. thank you. thank you, and now jean—claude juncker. president of the european commission. translation: it is a day on which we are satisfied with the results we've obtained but it is a very sad day, to see a country like the uk and the same would have applied to any other country. a country leaving the eu doesn't give rise t

on this basis, the european council invited the commission, the european parliament, and the councilcan enter into force on the 30th of march 2019, so as to provide for an orderly withdrawal. the european council approved the political declaration, setting out the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. the european council restated the union's determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. i quote this passage of today's conclusions. it contains the essence of our meeting. ahead of us is the difficult process of ratification as well as further negotiations. but, regardless of how it will all end, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end of days, and one day longer. donald tusk. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, has said the best outcome for all concerned would be if the uk remained in the eu, but given that was not going to happen, the draft agreement was the next best thing. i've always thought that the best outcome for irel

and then that deal when they go when finalized with the european council has to come back to this house so we will continue those preparations he says that the withdrawal agreement is ill defined five hundred pages of detailed legal text on the withdrawal agreement is not an ill defined withdrawal agreements are he complains he complains that the withdrawal agreement does not refer to the implementation period of course it does refer to the transition period which is exactly the same point of time he talks. about he he then talked about the whole question of the decision on the back store and the implementation period was coming at the end of december twenty twenty well if you look so again at the documents that have been produced he will see that actually the decision will be taken in june twenty twenty as to whether it is likely that the future relationship will not be put in place on the first of january twenty twenty one under solution at that point will be for the u.k. to decide whether it wishes to extend the implementation period for a limited period whether it which i

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the first thing i want to say is that, consequently, the european council will take place tomorrow. second is that europe and the uk have accepted the conditions set down by spain. because of this, spain will lift its veto and will vote tomorrow in favour of brexit. language is important, here. pedro sanchez talking about what he has achieved, the british government, what they did today, tim robbins, basically, he gave it a sense of his position and a letter on behalf of the british government, their representative to the eu, saying there was a particular article that spain was not happy with, article 184, and he said it was a fairly anodyne article talking about the future relationship between the eu and the uk making have a good trade deal and the spanish wanted to make sure that it was mentioned that gibraltar was not part of that, and from their side, sir tim gibraltar was not part of that, and from theirside, sirtim barrow, the ambassador or saying that gibraltar is not part of it and that it will be discussed separately. theresa may will go to the building behind me in a meeti

the first thing i want to say is that, consequently, the european council will take place tomorrow.d is that europe and the uk have accepted the conditions set down by spain. because of this, spain will lift its veto and will vote tomorrow in favour of brexit. we understand theresa may has just arrived and is going to meet jean—claude juncker for 90 minutes. she will then go to another meeting with the european council president donald tusk who has written a letter today to the 27 leaders recommending that they approve the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration that he is putting in front of them. this is his tweet. he also said in the letter that no one side had defeated the other. with me is our brussels reporter, adam fleming. has pedro sanchez got anything more than he had? i don't think so, this was reassuring the spanish that their argument which is that the withdrawal agreement as it is now that the future relationship between the uk and the eu after brexit would automatically applied to gibraltar, and he's got a confirmation that the spanish government will have

on this basis the european council invited the commission the european parliament and the council to take the necessary steps to ensure that the agreement and into falls on the fifth of march twenty ninth teen thought was to provide for an all the late withdrawal. they were p.l.o. kull still approved the political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. the european cowsill restated the union's determination. to have s. close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. i quote this passage of the day school closures is that it contains the essence of our meeting. the head of us it's that difficult process of ratification. further negotiations. about regardless of how it will all and one think is certain. we will remain friends. and of days. and one day longer. thank you thank you and now from the president of the you can commission. you know we. just sit down rule. satisfied because you're told the new. mayor said does it just pay equal or you'll be

biggies of that city — the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, and the european council, donald tusk. and then tomorrow, it is showtime, as european leaders gather for the big brexit summit. but spain wants more reassurance about gibraltar. translation: regarding gibraltar, let me tell you, i insist that the guarantees are not enough, and therefore spain maintains its veto on the brexit deal. and northern ireland's democratic unionists, who prop up theresa may in downing street, sound like they're threatening to pull the plug on that if the prime minister's plan is approved by mps. that agreement was about giving national stability and delivering on brexit. if this is not going to deliver on brexit, then of course that brings us back to the situation of looking at the confidence and supply agreement, but we're not there yet. you might feel you've heard quite enough about brexit, but it's about to get even louder still. even if the eu approves the deal, mrs may must still persuade enough mps to support it, which may prove difficult. the chancellor told the today programme

so she is -- i genuinely can say i think there's nobody around the table in the european council as sorry as she is to see what has unfolded. but to interpret that as a willingness to compromise on the fundamental pillars of the european union, the four freedoms, i think is to grossly misunderstand her. she is totally wedded to the free movement of people. she is totally committed to maintaining the integrity of the single market and the customs union, so that is not just a french position, that is fundamentally a german position. i've listened to the last two years to people in london saying, yeah, but the german car manufacturers, they're going to lean on the german government and there's going to be some sort of a compromise, a last-minute deal around this, and i think that that's completely wrong. i think it's been proven to be wrong. merkel has made it clear, has communicated to german industry to say the single market is non-negotiable and it is a fundamental principle. and germany really sees itself as the custodian of those ideals, those european ideals. if anything, the risk of f

then it's clear that the european council summit will not go ahead because if it would be. from all i'm joined now on the line from london in brussels by my colleagues big mass and max hold one good to see you both lots to talk about max let's just begin with you first spain saying it could be done so so much even vetoed the whole break the deal over gibraltar can they actually do that. that's a good question and i can't tell you the number of hours we have pored over that question this week so the conclusion of your brussels is yes they can because at these summits the decisions taken normally are have to be consensual consensual doesn't mean that spain has to say yes to the agreement they could abstain and these agreements so that withdrawal agreement and the political agreement would still pass but if they actively say no we do not want this then it cannot pass so some have jokingly suggested here in brussels that they should just wait until sanchez has to go to the restroom or something to actually do that but of course it doesn't work like that this is a decision of su

a nasty zero a tonne of blanca is the head of the european council of foreign relations in madrid he outlined spain's concerns. well from the beginning has being a problem related not with so arranging it's because of spain gus and claim that he wants to open the issue of a negotiation on show that i bet on all of the practical issues that relate to it weaves day to day living on an economic exchange in the area and this fact is that it and you rather has benefited from being an up or part of the of britain but also i mean the united kingdom defending it because you know that you know what sort of sitting that didn't do ends of the table so that a lot of issues related we said you'd rather be coming up next and in an unfulfilling e.u. regulations on environmental issues like bunkering on oil issues on and on shipments that cannot be properly done with because the united kingdom you so we spoke that danger out there on the news an anomaly in our situation there are many workers also coming every day to work and you'd rather that economy these changes that we want to preserve but they

barbara visa in london at the end of the european council in brussels welcome to you both it appears this consensus among leaders to approve the brig's indeed what are you expecting of today's summit right. well we're expecting that they will sign off on this deal the twenty seven member states that are now looking at some six hundred pages of the walls papers and lots of work in them but you've heard michele dunne you he said today he has always been working with the u.k. not against the u.k. on this paper and the dutch prime minister arrived here this morning as saying if i wear a u.k. lawmaker i would vote in favor of the steel it's a balanced deal and jungle junker saying it's the best deal the u.k. will get. the real challenge really is for me to get this deed through parliament. the president of the european commission has urged the british politicians to support the agreement let's just focus into what he had to say. because this is the first the full support for which. i'm sets because this. is what she. is going to be she's not nothing if you leave the new this is the move i

when it's clear that the european council summit will not go ahead because of the. one you've gotten opposed the cancellation of this weekend's summit even vetoed the entire briggs a deal we also brussels correspondent bob of evil. they can sure they can i mean every every one of the european leaders could at the last moment sort of say i actually don't like this turn around and go home but it is a remarkable case of political grandstanding and it is also a very strange turn around because the question arises has the spain the spanish even representative who has been present throughout these negotiations in the last year to have totally been asleep on his feet or or what was the matter why didn't he notice earlier that things were not going the way that the spanish wanted them. now the problem we have is that spain isn't even content it was having a written declaration that its rights and desires would be regarded in future negotiations but also they want to reopen the divorce agreement this is the five hundred eighty five pages long legally binding tome and they wa

the first thing i want to say is that, consequently, the european council will take place tomorrow. the second is that europe and the uk have accepted the conditions set down by spain. because of this, spain will lift its veto and will vote tomorrow in favour of brexit. you will get argument on both sides about what he has achieved here. it highlights a vulnerability that was created by brexit when it comes to gibraltar. theresa may goes from here where she has been meeting the european commission president receiving to a meeting with donald tusk, the european council president. he tweeted this afternoon once he got this agreement from the spanish prime minister that he is going to recommend they approve on sunday the outcome of the brexit negotiations. no one has reasons to be happy, he says, but at least at this critical time, the eu 27 has passed the test of unity and solidarity. he also went on to say in the letter that as far as he was concerned, no side had won in the negotiation. our brussels reporter adam fleming told me that the commitments spain has secured on gibraltar ar

passing at least in the first round just to make a view as a way of looking at pictures from the european council european leaders who were meeting in brussels as they were signing off on the deal and john both with us john just to pick up on the point that it was making its. people who were open to the people who supported they were all essentially have to get together to get this deal to pass how is theresa may going to do that how is she going to make this magic happen especially when there is no majority for any particular option which she said some success of persuading some program main conservatives on her side the former chancellor kenneth clarke for example has said that he will be reluctantly willing to back the deal and the foreign minister jeremy holmes who also was in favor remain for years he said i do not altogether this is this is props not the best available but in it for the sake of the future the country would be willing to back it what reason they would me would be labor remain people later people in general to get over on the conservative side and then jeremy corbyn the labor

the first thing i want to tell you is that the european council is therefore going to be held tomorrowving for her next courtesy call in brussels, the prime minister said it was a clarification, not a cave—in. the uk's position on the sovereignty of gibraltar has not changed and will not change. i'm proud that gibraltar is british and i will always stand by gibraltar. this process has lasted for 18 months. the prime minister has had to shuttle backwards and forwards. it chewed up two brexit secretaries. it started with a blank sheet of paper and ends with a brexit deal more than 600 pages long. it has brought us a withdrawal agreement that fixes the divorce terms by guaranteeing the rights of eu nationals in the uk and brits in europe. settling the uk's financial obligations, estimated at £39 billion. with an insurance policy to avoid checks on the irish border. there's also a road map to the future relationship. 0ne based on free trade, not necessarily the frictionless trade promised by the prime minister. with continued cooperation on security and unlimited migration from the eu, fre

then it's clear that the european council summit will go ahead. so can one cause the cancellation of this weekend's summit or even veto the entire briggs's deal we asked our brussels correspond brussels bureau chief max hoffman. that's a question we asked ourselves all week it's the most asked question of brussels at the moment and we came to the conclusion here in the studio brussels that yes they can because normally if you summits decisions are taken consensually which means that spain could stay and it would still pass but if they actively say no we do not want this deal then it will not pass and by the way this this dimension the magnitude of this whole topic is such that anything else and unanimity would wouldn't fly in this case. max hoffman there with a view from brussels on whether spain cantle pito the bedsit deal but even if it does move past madrid concern it doesn't stop there for timmie's and may you see if you need a sign off on how bread the draft deal on sunday the british prime minister still has to push it through her own parlia

the european council brings this matter back to the house. he has recognized that is not just a meaningful vote to legislation. they have to go through. as i said earlier recognizing , that we have the european council and that meaningful vote to take place in this house, we will be continuing our no deal preparations. >> mr. speaker, while it might be tempting to watch the much vaunted tory brexit festival, this is serious stuff. now the prime minister knows that her analysis means that every single one of her plans means people losing their jobs. the planhe look at which means us living the least number of jobs, the least damaging, and may, unlike her plan, with support across the house, that means leaving the customs union and a single market. the speaker: the prime minister. pm may: we will be leaving the customs union and the single market. the speaker: amber rusk. mrs. rusk: whether we remain or leave, whether we sit on this side of the house or that, we know that millions of people voted for brexit because they are anxious about their

and a special european council will be called for sunday, 25 december. mr. speaker, what we agreed yesterday was not the final deal. it is a draft treaty -- [shouting] it is a draft treaty that means we will leave the eu in a smooth and orderly way -- [laughing] and which sets the framework for future relationship that delivers international interest. it takes back control of our borders, flaws and money. it protects, it protects jobs, security and integrity of the united kingdom and the delivers in ways that many said could simply not be done. we were told we had a binary choice between the model of norway or the model of canada, that we could not have this deal. but the outline political declaration set out an arrangement that is better for our country than both of these. a more ambitious free trade agreement than the eu has with any other country. and we were told we were to be treated like any other third country on security cooperation, but the outline political declaration set out a debt operation beyond anything the eu has agreed with any other countr

for all those who've expressed themselves at today's european council summit have shared their sadness of priestess of this ruling was largely if not unanimously shared. for how hot a british prime minister to visit may sounded triumphant when she shared her thoughts a short time later she said she believed in the deal with all. those who had said reaching an agreement to me but you would not be possible there were those who said that reaching a brics agreements that work for both sides was an impossible task from the start i rejected that counsel of despair and set about negotiating a deal that worked for the u.k. and the e.u. one delivered on the result of the referendum and settles on calls for a prosperous future while maintaining a close relationship with our friends and neighbors. joining us for more ideas of the correspondence up of aizawl in london and at the european council in brussels lattice welcome to you both guild let's begin with you the e.u. has now formally agreed to the deal the first country to leave the e.u. block a somber day for brussels. look this is a brutal fo

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the first thing i want to say is that, consequently, the european council will take place tomorrow. and the second is that europe and the uk have accepted the conditions set down by spain. because of this, spain will lift its veto and will vote tomorrow in favour of brexit. let's speak now to gibraltar‘s chief minister, fabian picardo. thank you very much forjoining us this evening. why do you believe that spain brought this issue up at the last minute, the night before the last minute, the night before the summit? i think it is an issue which has been brewing forfive or six days. we have worked hard to ensure we could deliver a solution which worked for everyone. that has now been implemented in a way which is supported by the gibraltar government. the clarification is on the table which sets out not a change to the treaty but a position which does not prejudice gibraltar oi’ which does not prejudice gibraltar or the united kingdom which it appears spain is able to live with. what has spain really gained? many people say it is restating a previous position. i think they have gained

said donal to the european council president bush he did say there was still a lot of work to be going on. the overwhelming message is nobody wants to see britain leave the european union but if they must go then this is probably the deal for it however you move away from the politicians you get into the chamber of commerce and here in chimney the head of the chamber of commerce's is less than impressed there are more of giving it more of a wait and see approach the same goes from the. well the leaders of the insurance insurers association here in germany they're giving it as well that more but wait and see approach the reason that giving that wait and see approach is it's ten days until the twenty fifth of november a lot can happen between now and then particularly if if to resume a was to replace dominic rob he stepped down as break that secretary with michael gove now michael gove we hear there's apparently said he would quite fun see the job only if he was allowed to go back to brussels and renegotiate and at that summit on the twenty fifth was council now that would not go down ve

we're also joined by analyst donna blanka in madrid he is the had of the madrid office for the european council on foreign relations a very good evening to you both want to give you the first word mr blanco it's a bit surprising that this issue has come up so late in the game why was her brother not part of the document outlining future u.k. new relations well this is exactly what the spanish government complains about because on the negotiation on guidelines on that mandate within the shit about me and received and which have to be unanimously approved by the european council meeting on ninety three twenty nine there was a clear roles and paragraph twenty four saying after the united kingdom leaves that union no agreement between the united. and the united kingdom may have to lying to everybody and to grant there we found the agreement between the kingdom of spain and united kingdom these was crystal clear in the negotiation mandates so we spain was totally relaxed the negotiating the protocol and i would have to fix that but the issues that are pending in dubai like they don't relationship wi

the european council approved the political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland the european council reinstated the union's determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. my focus over the next few weeks is on as i've just said on making the case for this deal as you've heard any president said this was the only deal possible this is being echoed by other european leaders and i think that is when people come to vote in the house of commons they would need to ask themselves about two aspects of this particularly the first is delivering bricks it i think we have a judy as a house of commons as a parliament to deliver bracks it on the second question is about what it means for our constituents and as i've said the deal that we have to live it i believe delivers not just on what people want it when they vote it breaks it but also does it in a way that protects jobs protects our security and protects the united kingdom. hall has the

a special european council will be called for sunday, the 25th of november. this puts us close to a brexit deal. mr. speaker, what we agreed esterday was not the final deal. it is a draft treaty that means we will leave the e.u. in smooth and orderly way on march, 2019. [laughter] prime minister may: and sets the framework for a future relationship in our national interests. it takes backs control of our borders, laws, and money. it protects -- it protects jobs, security, and the integrity of the united kingdom. and it delivers in ways that many said could simply not be done. we were told we had a binary choice between the model of norway or the model of canada, that we could not have a deal. that the outline political declaration sets out an arrangement that's better for our country than both of these. a more ambitious free trade agreement than the e.u. has with any other country. and we were told we will be treated like any other third country on security cooperation. but the outlined political declaration set out a cooperation beyond anything the e.u. has

a last—minute hitch over the future status of gibraltar was overcome yesterday — and european councilald tusk has recommended that all eu countries accept the agreement. but even if they do, theresa may will still need to win a vote on the deal in the uk parliament, and that is looking tricky. she's now written an open letter to the british people, urging support for her brexit plan. we'll be bringing you all the latest here from brussels, examining the deal, and what it might mean for the uk and europe. leaders arriving — let's hear what the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier had to say. we have worked, i have worked, with my team, to reach a deal that means to organise in an orderly fashion the withdrawal decided by the uk. we have worked thanks to the unity, the full unity of 27 heads of state, the member states. they are trust. and also with the european parliament. we have worked, i have worked with my team and negotiate with the uk, never against the uk. i want also to thank the british team. now it's time for everybody to take the responsibility, everybody. iwill just add tha

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in london and at the european council in brussels mattis welcome to you both let's begin with you the e.u. has now formally agreed to the deal the first country to leave the e.u. block a somber day for brussels. not this approval for those six hundred page document took just a mere forty five minutes but it brings an end forty five years of membership at least potentially that is if the u.k. parliament approves it to it as well so it was easy and it wasn't easy for your leaders that is why i'm glad americal said this with sadness but also with some relief that she looks up on this day it's a day after one and a half years really tough and lengthy negotiations where we were waiting on the european side that the u.k. steps beyond the red lines that it brings up a position that could be negotiated and finally ended up in this massive document that now leads the way to an orderly brags that sure a german chancellor angela merkel said if there's a will there's a way and that way is now on the table and hopes are high that it will be approved by the u.k. as well german chancellor angela mer

so i have my mandate, which flows from the marge guidelines of the european council.resulting from the chequers meeting, the useful document on the basis of these two documents we have carried out this benchmarking, and we have found areas of convergence which i outlined earlier. negotiating directors will be drawn up. i mentioned that all the releva nt up. i mentioned that all the relevant commission dgs will be ball. there will be various groups, there will be coordination. —— will be involved. that is why i think it is feasible to construct the essentials for this view in a partnership within this short transition period, because we have got the basis. and my final reply is this: there is only one point which isn't fleshed out in my document here. that is the time which it may ta ke here. that is the time which it may take for the transition period to be extended by common agreement. so this is an option. there could be an extended transition period, if that is agreed, but we haven't fleshed out that. that will be the next few weeks. use the mike, please. thank you

ta kes pla ce before the special european council takes place is the final negotiation in matterseconomy. firstly, may i pay huge personal respect to the prime minister where ever you stand on the matter. can i urge my right honourable friend to study evidence given to my constituency is custom experts and their suggestions around facilitation and technical ways of achieving a soft border and one that does not require a backstop. would she agree with me that the independent arbitration panel is bound to find that if the eu does not negotiate the future arrangement with that in mind it's likely have been found to have acted in bad faith. indeed, and that is the point of the best endeavours and good—faith references within the document. and may i first say that this is the first opportunity i have in this chamber to say a heartfelt thank you to my honourable friend for the work he did for the commemorations of the armistice and centenary commemorations of the armistice and ce nte nary of commemorations of the armistice and centenary of the first world war. i think he can be truly pr

package that we bring back from the european council, they will look at delivering on the vote of the british people and that doing so in a way that protects the interests of their constituents. and i believe that is the question that members of parliament will be asking themselves at that point, not about a second referendum. you'll take, as i said, a couple more. >> hi. my question is given the difficulty you're likely to have getting this deal through parliament, do you regret calling the general election last year? prime minister may: no, i don't regret calling the general election last year. as i say, you know, when it comes to the vote in parliament it will be a decision for m.p.'s to take. i'm going to do my job. i'm going to bring the best deal back for the british people and m.p.'s will then do their job and, of course, be held to account by their constituents for it. o the last question. >> thank you. joel. prime minister, you're a cricket fan. from the outside, it looks like you are a long way off getting the run of numbers you need. but your bats men are dropping off like

suggested we establish a european security council with changing presidencies of the member states. create a european canrvention, so that we deal with issues immediately on the ground. we will 2 -- continue to support increased cooperation in the military. if we look at the developments we have to year, look at creating a true european army. [applause] ago, said ae years common european army would show the world there will never again be war in europe. we can be a good supplement to nato. [applause] >> colleagues, it would be a lot easier to cooperate with us if we have more than 160 different weapons system and the u.s. has only 50 or 60, and we realize all the different instances need training and education, and if we could pull together, we could natao, with a european army. [applause] pleased about this. this is great. i'm annoying some people. [applause] we need the common development of armament systems in europe. this means a difficult task for the federal republic of germany. we will need to develop our own export policy. let's address the economic issues. this is the basis

you live from berlin the european union lays out the next steps in britain's withdrawal as regs it gets real chief negotiator michele bunny hands over the draft deal to the council president donald toes he says european leaders will meet in ten days time to sign off on britain's divorce also coming up mexico lends migrants from central america a helping hand human caravan trying to reach the u.s. find solidarity on route but not everyone is happy to see them. and a crucial week for germany's national football team their goal scoring more goals to turn towards the youths could add some offensive punch but who will step up to help the team avoid relegation in europe. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program we begin with the latest on britain's departure from the e.u. the block's leaders have announced they will hold a special summit to seal the hard part bragg's that agreement with the u.k. on the member twenty fifth that's in ten days time the announcement comes after british prime minister theresa may won the backing of her government for a draft deal on leaving the european union may made the announcement outside downing street last night after a five hou

areas which are a benefit to us. 48% said they have to find a balance that confusion of the european council today this is the best deal that can be done for the british parliament in december as do i. >> how does that look? from the other 27 european union leaders this is the first stage of the most difficult stage and could deny that looks up as quite a tight rope to get across to get this followed but if you are a strong supporter of brexit and vote against this deal, you are risking and if you are a strong supporter against the deal and you are risking a new deal that mos but most observere would be highly disruptive and could be quite damaging to the economy so this is the right way through. so yes it looks at the moment if you are a journalist when they come to think about the consequences. they are confident in spite of the government that they can get a majority. it makes it hard for them to figure out where things are going to. buwhat the government is carefuy avoiding saying is what they will do for the great way forward to when the vote and for those that are thinking about that p

obviously, i go back to brussels tomorrow for the european council on sunday, but crucially this bringsto free movement, the european court's jurisdiction in the uk, gives us back control of our borders and our money, we won't be sending vast annual sums to the european union. but it enables us to do other things like come out of the common agriculture policy, fisheries policy, things that don't work well for the uk. we will see what support you get in the commons, as we talked about. laura beth has got in touch, what's your question? good afternoon. ijust wanted to say, first of all, i fully support the brexit deal and think we need to get behind you and support you with that. i'd just like a little bit more information about what's being done to protect gibraltar's british sovereignty? thank you, laura beth. you may have seen that this has come up and become more of an issue in the last couple of days. we are very clear that as the uk, when we negotiate for these matters in relation to leaving the european union and ourfuture, we do so one half of the whole of the uk family, including

european council. beyond that, it's be getting the vote through. be getting the vote through.is? know what plan b is? cabinet colleagues have said, is it a no deal or no brexit? a no deal or no brexit? is rightly on getting the deal through. through. and on saying to people, when you come to look... when you come to look... focus on this, is it the right deal forthe uk? i have said... but what is top of the list? no deal or no brexit. if you could answer that. question, personally, there is no question are no brexit. spain is threatening to dump the deal. deal. terms of gibraltar, the guarantees are not yet sufficient. are not yet sufficient. spain maintains its veto other brexit deal. features editor for cityam, joins me in the studio now. earlier time in the day compared to your usual appearance! your usual appearance! how good is this deal? it isn't brilliant. shows there are some significant issues. issues. the best deal that we're going to get. get. challenging it from the eu sign shows the dangers. shows the dangers. been saying, it is either this deal or no deal, or no

then it's clear that the european council summit will not go ahead with it when it . wants to reclaim so that's got to take a look at what's at stake for people who live or work in the british overseas territory. the spanish town of la linea on the border with. unemployment here is high many work across the border nearly ten thousand people in southern spain make the daily commute to gibraltar suno this could become an external border it's not yet clear how this will affect their jobs the tourism industry or the port in casinos. is concerned about the future he's worried his job and tobacco shop and could be under threat. that. i'm fifty three years old that's not all of work here and i could suddenly find myself out of a job unemployed and i got the bottom of that bottle what. many here share his sense of uncertainty. we still be able to cross the border like we do now no one knows how many people here are taking no chances and preparing for every eventuality. you know the police stations hey all swamped because so many people are applying for passports or lots of wi