union or leave the european union. there was an overwhelming vote in parliament to do that. [grumbling] there was an overwhelming vote in parliament to do that. about 6-1. so anybody who says it wasn't overwhelming is wrong. the british people exercised their vote. they exercised their vote in numbers we have never seen before. the result of that vote was that we should leave the european union. and it has always been my view, as i have seen on other european issues, other countries, other member states of the european union, taking matters back to their populous, having a referendum, the voters come out against what the european union wanted and effectively a second vote to sort of go back and think again vote. i don't think it's right that we should do that in this country. we gave people a choice, we should deliver on the decision they took. >> it is quite clear we have been going for about an hour now and not a single, honorable member has supported the plans that the prime minister has set out, so it is quite clea

european union. as i have consistently said, as i indicated, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, and we remain negotiating on that future framework. in relation to the 39 billion pounds, which i would remind my honorable friend is significantly less than the 100 billion pounds the european union were first talking about needing to pay, these are about the legal obligations that united kingdom has. i hope that every member of this house will recognize that the united kingdom is a country that meets the legal bligations that we have. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can i welcome the act that gives women the right to be represented in parliament. it is the nationalists that first elected. we can only have success when women are properly represent inside this parliament. yesterday, the prime minister he medical with the first minister. the first minister made it clear that there are alternatives to her brexit plan. was the prime minister listening? >> i have to say to my honorable gentlemen gentlema

from the european union. setting out details of our future relationship, the political declaration does just that and makes it very clear is the set ofthis instructions that the future relationship will put into place what is in the political declaration. stands, therently majority of honorable and right honorable members in this place will not vote in favor of the prime minister's deal, despite her very best efforts. she needs plan b. what is the prime minister's plan b? is that norway plus of the single market, the customs union, which some of us have been arguing for for over two years? throughout the last 18 months of negotiations, people have said to me it was not going to be possible for me to be able to negotiate a deal with the european union. no sooner do i negotiate a deal then people are saying, what is the next thing you are going to do? we will havesness, a number of days of debate in this chamber prior to the meaningful vote on this deal. i believe it is important that when people look at this d

leaving the european union. but of course this has been a decision taken by the uk. if political conditions in the united kingdom were to change significantly, then, i guess, but this is just significantly, then, i guess, but this isjust a guess, that more would be given, a significant amount of time would be given, for the political, if you like, dynamic to u nfold political, if you like, dynamic to unfold within the uk. at the moment, this is not what we see happening. it seems to be still, the conditions do not seem to be right for that kind of complete change of heart in the united kingdom, so as i said, at the united kingdom, so as i said, at the moment, the european union is simply sitting back and observing this, feeling there is not that much it can actually do. thank you very much. we arejust it can actually do. thank you very much. we are just learning that the european commission has also posed at the end of 2022 be the cut off date for the extension of any transition. that person, once britain leaves

union but we will leave the european union but we will leave the european union and that will happen on the 29th the prime minister has once again told the house we will be leaving the customs union. but the truth is we will remain in the customs union and in the backstop arrangement which can only be ended with the agreement of the eu, and the truth is the only way you can protectjobs and investment and the open border in northern ireland in the long term is to remain in it. will the prime minister looked the british people in the eye and admit that remaining ina in the eye and admit that remaining in a customs union is in our national economic interests. because without it, we will be poorer as a country. what is in our national interest is ensuring we continue to have a good trading partnership with the european union once we have left. that is why we have put forward a proposal reflected in the outline political declaration for a free—trade area in goods and why we have put forward a proposal that would ensure the frictionless trade of goods across the border. the right honoura

we will be leading the european union on the 29th of march 2019. -- european union on the 29th of march 2019. —— without a deal. when we come to the vote on the 11th of december it will be for parliamentarians and members of parliament to decide if they want to deliver on the vote the british people took, whether they do that with a good deal of which protects jobs into the future, we are promoting a good deal. but prime minister, that wasn't my question, i am asking whether you will rely the possibility that on the 29th of march we could leave the european union without a d, given what we know now from the bank of england, from your government's analysis, wood to prove that out as a possibility, it will be so catastrophic. the decision that the house of commons will take on the 11th of december, will be whether to support, ratify the deal that the united kingdom government has negotiated with the european union... if the house votes down that deal at that point, then there will be some steps that will be necessary because obviously we have been doing no deal planning as a governmen

european union. >> thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank you for welcoming our guest to parliament today. on the 100th anniversary of the qualification of women's act, i join the prime minister in welcoming all women to parliament today. we need a parliament that truly represents the whole of this country. now that a number of government ministers have confirmed this morning that leaving the e.u. with no deal is not an option, does the prime minister agree there are no circumstances under which britain would leave with no deal? >> no. i have for say to the right honorable gentleman i have consistently made clear on this point. but the point that has been made by a number of my colleagues in relation to the vote that will come before this house on a meaningful vote on a deal from the european union is very simple. if you look at the alternative to having that deal with the european union, it will either be more uncertainty, more division, or it could risk no brexit at all. >> mr. speaker, the prime mini

or a customs regime and with the with the european union negotiated with the european union on that basis and i think there would have been support for that both in the european union and in the house of commons all she could have said we want to completely leave the european union entirely and all its institutions and then go she ate it on that basis looking for a timetable perhaps a period of five to ten years while step by step we design gauge but with the eventually destination clear she didn't really do why there of those things she gave but in the end because she conducted the negotiations so secretly she ended up with something else and it is this which is creating our think a lot of the feeling that we're talking about and his this which is creating issues like possibilities of a no deal breaks it or alternatively we're seeing people talking about a second referendum which. it seems to me is really an attempt to reach the referendum which is the wrong that the e.u. strategy when the people fail have another vote here marcus believe it or not i'm actually a little bit sympath

we would not accept the position of the european union. and a few weeks ago they agreed with our position they conceded to the united kingdom. so there would not be a customs and border down the irish sea. i think it becomes even clearer that the right honorable gentlemen doesn't actually know what is in the declaration. we talk about the second referendum. >> with the shambles this government has gotten into. mister speaker, there is an entire protocol with the withdrawal agreement. they apply only to northern ireland. they currently did not discuss this. because the spokesperson said and i quote we are clear, we will not be voting for this humiliation. it failed the prime minister's redline. and, failed to impress the new northern ireland minister. just hours before he was appointed said the deal is dead. instead of giving confidence for millions of people this half-baked deal failed to give any hope that could give the country and bring it together again. isn't it the case. that it would rightly reject this deal. if they can't negotiate

>>> after approval from the european union of the withdrawal agreement between minister theresa may reported back to the house of commons during this one-hour portion several members even from her own conservative party openly expressed that they would not vote for the final brexit deal set forth for september 2018. the party would oppose the deal calling it the worst of all worlds.rd the special counsel i've reached a deal with the leaders of the withdrawal agreement for the departure from the 29th of march next year and the political declaration of the future partnership that had been our national interest. it delivers on the democratic position of the people and takes back control of the borders t ad ends the movement to once and for all and allowing the government a new skills-based immigration system it takes back control of the ball and the jurisdiction of the uk and are they being made in the parliament and forced to take back control so we can spend taxpayers money including the 394 million pounds of extra investment in the long-term plan for the national health service. by creating

wejoined the european union as the united kingdom, and we will leave the european union as the united kingdom. that's why it's right to take the view that came from across the whole of the united kingdom, and that overall view was to leave the european union. another one has come in on twitter from matt, he also used the bbc news channel hashtag, he said, i've noticed no brexit has crept into the pm's vocabulary along with no deal. why has no brexit suddenly become one of her options? it's not one of my options. it's one of the things i'm trying to point out to people, if you listen to the debates taking place in the house of commons there are mps who want to frustrate brexit and stop it. it's important that people know that. some people see it as a threat. no, for me, i'm clear we will be leaving march next year. i want to ensure that those people who try to frustrate what people voted far aren't able to do so. i want us to leave on a good deal for the uk, and that's what i believe we've got. obviously, i go back to brussels tomorrow for the european council on sunday, but crucially

union it's also an urban issue most urban areas or many stay in the european union it's also a money fracturing industry issue because most people in the first sectors voted in the european union we forget that over sixteen million people actually did vote. in the european union now you make the point that we've got difficulties in terms of social housing social mobility areas of that. poor productivity in the economic front which equals low pay low opportunities you're absolutely right and what we've got a deuced tacklers things but that's a different discussion from the one we're having about bricks. presumably saying it's because of that that they've they voted breakthrough but you wrote a piece with vince cable leader of the liberal democrats saying now that we know there was russian interference in the twenty sixteen referendum or did you mean by that don't think there's any need to decipher that sentence it's absolutely clear then we knew that there was evidence that had been russian interference in the referendum don't forget president putin likes to disrupt things so to speak

it shackles the cost to the european union indefinitely. it also allows for the continuation of thousands of eu rules and regulations to apply to great britain, and also the european court of justice continues to have a say. this is unacceptable. i think margaret thatcher would have negotiated an agreement for britain. david: with a window for sure is congresswoman thatcher was a very tough negotiator. thing we know for sure is congresswoman thatcher was a very tough negotiator. have had with great britain goes to the eu and says "we want to outcome code and they say "all right, leave," what is the leverage? nile: the u.k. is the world's fifth largest economy, europe's second-largest economy. the eu has an interest in assuring trade business between britain and european union continues without impediment. i think both sides have a clear aterest in putting in place successful free trade agreement that is going to work to the benefit of both london and brussels. but this is a very one-sided deal that it's usually to the benefit of the europea

union. -- united kingdom and the european union. then i'm are the normal -- really not sure what document the right honorable gentleman read because he said there wasn't references to treaksdigs. there are indeed references to extradition. and he said also there was nothing about europol where there is expressly a reference that we will be including in the future document, terms for the united kingdom's cooperation via europol and eurojust. and i say to the right honorable gentleman, there is indeed a choice between -- a choice before members of this house. it is a choice of whether or not we go ahead with a deal that does deliver on the vote, while protecting jobs, while protecting our security, and while protecting our union. of course what the right honorable gentleman wants is for to us stay in the single market and stay in the customs union, which would not deliver on the vote of the referendum. we are delivering an -- [inaudible] -- movement coming out of the agriculture policy, out of the e.f.c., and taking control of that mo

-- the european union? a fatal division in the past between north and south during the europe crisis. exits isthe wound of risk a mored and we devastating risk between the east and the west. in fact, going back to the iron curtain and to the berlin wall. want me to say, because i to come to the role of germany in the european union, because it is about the future of the european union that we talk, that since the fall of the berlin wall and the reader -- the reunification of germany, we have member but not so much more. germany became the most powerful member state of the unit, most popular and -- most powerful and population and economic wealth and more economic power with political power comes more responsibility and european responsibility. germany hasn't biggerassumed fully this responsibility, if i may say so. in a certain way, i understand what happened. was preoccupied with something so historical and so emotional as the unification -- the reunification of the country, the integration of a communist

dates while the country sorts out its final end stage relationship with the european union and it is the details of that which will be pored over most closely just to see whether that is on the words of the brics it is a betrayal of brics it ties britain too closely or isn't facts the best compromise possible in what is what is your is just medieval media does leave britain in the customs union so technically with breaks it means. it really does it it does. well it leaves a person in the customs union for the full seeable future the program we've talked about this as as time has gone by there were three major questions to resolve the question of the money between what's britain will you as it leaves the question of the ability of precious citizens and that their lives normally in the e.u. and e.u. citizens to live and work in the interests of those two seems to have been resolved satisfactorily it was the third big sticking point question of the irish will it be new infrastructure to monitor customs and goods on the irish border that is continues to be the big problem and necessitate

european union that withhold is not to become an empire. militarized european union. undemocratic european union. a european union that seeks to continually expand to the east. a european union that is a new cold war against the united states of america. a european union that tries to rewrite history. i think 100 years, for the states. we should be genuinely worried. the idea that this new militarized canyon is somehow a recipe for peace, i suggest you all sit back and think a little bit more carefully. maybe you should all really read history. the european project was set up to stop german domination. what you've seen today, is a naked take over. >> think it becomes, you had a long successful career. but your political decision to open up the doors unconditionally is the worst decision we've seen in postwar politics in europe. is it not time to admit you are wrong? is it not time for you to say to german communities and many others, i'm sorry for what i've done to you and the problems i've inflicted upon you for many decades to come? [cheering] [applause] >> the euro

union the european parliament if the european union is not sufficiently democratic i agree but this is not especially the european parliament the other way around this is the only directly elected institution in the european therefore this is completely nonsense but the elections that brought you to the presidency twice these were decided behind closed doors were there was an election it was decided beforehand who was going to win i had to run in the parliament that i had to to get the majority in the bottom in twenty twenty fourteen want to leave it behind closed doors you know in twenty fourteen you actually become a president of the parliament you must run in the parliament and you must guide gerry i understand that and you both get the majority of the parliamentarians how can you say this was behind closed doors but it was an open election an open vote with a lot of overwhelming majority but in twenty fourteen you actually point to the post was announced by sigma gabrielle the vice chancellor a full eleven days before the so-called vote was in that he announced that i am your ru

s exit from the european union theresa may is due to meet european commission president. as she tries to shore up support ahead of an e.u. summit this sunday mrs may is under pressure to return to the u.k. with a final gregg's a deal that her parliament can agree to she's facing heavy criticism at home from progress and pro e.u. lawmakers last week two of her senior ministers resigned over the draft for a draw. all deal she had negotiated with the european union and the following turmoil almost led to a leadership challenge the prime minister's the prime minister's critics accuse her of giving in to the e.u. and of negotiating a deal that is bad for great britain well however during prime minister's questions in the u.k. parliament the prime minister argues that the case for the kitten argued the case that the situation is the exact opposite of the package of the deal that we will be to we are negotiating with the european union has two parts to it this is leave in part which is the withdrawal agreement on this a future relationship which is what is currently being contin

they cannot do that until we have left the european union. the joint report was 16 pages long and took less then a year to turn into 599 pages of evil text. the political declaration is 26 pages, perfectly possible to turn that into a text within the nearly two years it is debatable. at every stage people said we couldn't do what we have done, they said we couldn't get agreements but we did, they said we wouldn't get the limitation period, we did. they said we would get a withdrawal agreement or political declaration, we did. it takes hard work and firm commitment to work in the national interests of that project. >> that would explain why the business secretary doesn't have much faith in this either. he is discussing a transition period being extended to 2022 apparently. parliament voted, mister speaker, parliament voted for the government to publish its legal advice in full. the government today says it will ignore the sovereign will of parliament in 2007. the prime minister wrote to the then prime minister saying the legal advice for the i

union because people voted to leave the eu the analysis shows the best option outside the european union which obviously delivers on the vote by being outside the eu, but it is also the best for jobs and the economy is the government's approach. >> i understand that, prime minister, can you confirm under all scenarios modeled by the government we will be poorer in the future compared with our current relationship with the european union >> what the analysis shows is that there will be an impact on the rate of growth in the united kingdom looking ahead. other things being equal >> that would be negative. >> no but other things will not necessarily be equal this is why i made a slightly -- what some might call a flip comment about forecasts and economic forecasts in response to a question and a statement on monday of last week. the point is that there are many variables that can change that will impact in relation to what happens to our economy outside the european union some of those are in our hands and decisions that we will be taking as a government obviously there are other aspects in

nod to her breaks a draft agreement reached with the european union tomorrow she will try to do the same in parliament if her government can last that long tonight theresa may as british prime minister will break sit soon mean her exit and what about that agreement is it a done deal or a dead deal i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. the happy fairy tale that there will be a meaningful very serious house. breach is the prime minister's own red lines that he sees just upon. as he could possibly be we have also being emotional in the deal will be amendable. and. they haven't prepared seriously for no deal what you call it is more than u.k. remaining within the customs union forever and a day so does the prime minister still intends to put a false choice to palma between a bunch deal or no deal now women making progress in close to a daily is going to take. both sides of the house floor he sees must be heard but i think if you went house and off any member of the public when the government brings a deal back from europe what do you expect comments to themselves i think they would expect

i believe you when to go back to the european union and say how we have another one, i don't think they will come to us and say we will give you a better deal. i'm not thinking about me, i'm thinking about getting a deal that delivers for the people of this country. that's what drives me and that's what is at the forefront of my mind. we'll have the latest from westminster and brussels. the other main stories on bbc news at five... the united arab emirates considers a pardon for the british academic, jailed for life for spying. police say knocking offenders off their mopeds is leading to a dramatic decrease in robberies. your friend samantha has yourfriend samantha has perpetrated a cyber attack on the most important security agency in america. claire foy stars in the girl in the spider's web — we'll hear what mark kermode thought of that and the rest of this week's releases in the film review. theresa may has warned mps not to reject her her brexit deal, saying it would take britain back to square one. in a phone—in here on the bbc news channel and radio 5live, mrs may said there w

union andi what we've got for the european union and i will go back to brussels, european council on sunday, but this brings an end to free movement, the european court having jurisdiction in the uk, gives us having jurisdiction in the uk, gives us control of our borders and laws, not sending vast animal sums to the european union but enables us to come out of the common agricultural policy and fisheries policy which has not been working well for the uk. we will see what support you get again in the commons. laura has got in touch. good afternoon, prime minister. first of all, i fully support the brexit deal mini to get behind. thank you very much for that question. we are very clear about negotiating. in relation to living european union and the future, we do so in behalf of the whole uk family, including gibraltar. our position on gibraltar and its sovereignty has not changed and will not change and it's about the wish of the people of gibraltar. and what we've done in looking at this phase of the negotiations. we've been working with the government of gibraltar and with the govern

union but we will indeed be leaving the european union and that will happen on the twenty ninth of march next year. thank you very much this is because the prime minister has once again told the house that we will be leaving the customs union but the truth is that we will be remaining in the customs union both in the transition and in the backstop arrangement which can only be ended with the agreement of the e.u. and the truth is also that the only way to protect jobs investment and open borders in all in our lives in the long term is to remain within it will the prime minister now look the british people in the eye and lift that remaining in the customs union is in our national economic interest because without it we will be poorer as a career it. is in our national interest is ensuring that we continue to have a good trading partnership with the european union once we have left that is why we put forward a proposal which is reflected in the outline declaration for free trade area goods act you are watching the debate in the commons in london theresa may here friction has been speaking

situation i think the european union has has negotiated very heavily. to get britain within the customs union but out of the of the common law common markets no free movement of people that's what people worried about in britain you said it in your opening question to me so european give union is given may some things you can negotiate on it's not they have thought that she's not going be able to get it through parliament or. john i asked earlier about may's biggest mistake what about the e.u.'s what about brussels biggest mistake i think that the european union side has maybe been a bit slow to communicate its interests in this negotiation. to try to explain to the british population why they're behaving in that way and i think also the e.u. sides if it did ultimately want true trying to find a way of keeping britain close to the european union in some way the sometimes its tone has been a little bit rude children a little bit harsh but maybe the european union has to do that because it's respecting its own interests looking backwards now i think the e

on today's arithmetic anyway so is the european union interested in a speedy by the end of this week resolution to the question of the deal i do think make can push for it and brussels threatening and no deal scenario doesn't pass to vote. well well as i understand it mrs may is in the british prime minister mrs may is in brussels going to see mr. explaining to him he's a very intelligent man by the way he gets a bad press explaining to him that the deal as it's presently constituted will not get through the british house of commons and therefore can he please make some sort of just wants to enable him to do say. sorry to enable her to do so. now having said all that that's the context now the european union has got a terrible terrible record of being completely rejected completely intransigent and completely unhelpful to member states where the party members say but all member states which have got problems we're seeing that with its lead now and i suspect that yet again this is way is going to come away with absolutely nothing. and then there will be a no deal no i rather favor no

future of the european uni union. thank you, chancellor, for being here and you have to floor. >> translator: president of the european parliament, president of the european commission jean claude juncker, ladies and gentlemen, members of the european parliaments, commissioners, ladies and gentlem gentlemen. 50 years ago walter herstein had an experiment, this was ten years before the elections to the european parliament. at that part the european community was still in its infancy. a lot of achievements such as the internal market were visionary projects, but the foundations have been laid and hundreds of years of wars and dictatorships for the citizens of europe were over and for the first time they had a stable and peaceful future ahead of them. today i'm here with joy but also with gratitude in front of the greatest parliament of the worl world. we have 751 members from 28 countries that represent over half a million people. approximately 7% of the world's population. in this house we feel the heart of democracy b

this is just with the european union. it is not over yet. this isjust the with the european union. it is not over yet. this is just the starting gun. thank you very much. you might have noticed we have very little comment from europe and brussels. we heard from the irish taoiseach who said he did not want to comment publicly about what was in the deal, lest he disrupted what is going on in downing street this evening. he did not want to make things more difficult for the prime minister. many people in brussels have taken the same attitude. let us cross to brussels. there is a meeting of the 27 ambassadors in brussels today, what are they saying? they are taking a leaf from leo varadkar and eve ryo ne taking a leaf from leo varadkar and everyone else, they are not seeing a thing. the meeting lasted three hours. we understand they were given an outline of what the draft withdrawal agreement contains but we also think they were not given the agreement itself. we saw some boxes being brought out at the end of the meeting but they were not opened. we think they contained the report but

law and european union law appears everywhere in the agreement, the court ofjustice of the european union will continue to play its role. and the fifth point we have agreed on a transition period. the united kingdom will leave the european union, as the united kingdom wished, and leave all the institutions, on march 20 nine, 2019. but for a period of 21 months from march until december 2020, we have agreed to preserve the current situation with respect to the internal market, with respect to the currency union, and with respect to european policies and all the rights and obligations that go along with that. this will enable all the citizens, but also administrations, and also business and in particular, small and medium—sized undertakings, to prepare, and to adapt, but to adaptjust to prepare, and to adapt, but to adapt just the once to prepare, and to adapt, but to adaptjust the once to change. before the implantation of future relationship. we also have the possibility of extending this once for a limited period byjoint agreement. ladies and gentlemen, our agreement. ladies and

they said we will leave the european union and leave on the 29 of march, 2019. [indiscernible question] prime minister may: if we look across the house of commons, yes, there have been voices for a second referendum. but i believe when people come to look at the deal that we bring back from the european council the final 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 be

to the european union are we seeing a leveling of the of the trade playing field your strong has been demanding from your. well this is really a political decision because if you look at it you know the soybeans that doesn't hurt the european union it's something that the e.u. can give the americans without really hurting now the liquid liquefied natural gas story is a more interesting story because you have to look at it this way the european union is very close to russia russia has a huge supply of gas this gas can be shipped to europe in a very easy way so why should the europeans not do that for political reasons because they don't want to be dependent on the russians for their energy as much as they have been in the past so they decide to ship liquefied natural gas with ships where you need liquefying stations in the united states you need deeply quit fighting stations in europe across the atlantic what happens of course this gas is much more expensive and the european union can't force its energy providers to buy the gas over there you know i did states so the promises made by t

union project, the creators of the european union, the most successful peace ten since the second world war. contemplating not only the sacrifice of those who fail but also whether countries are headed to now —— were their countries are headed to now some decades on. angela merkel is bowing out of politics, emmanuel macron very much the emblem of the european union, the emblem of the franco german alliance, a believer in the alliance. then the french anthem begins. french national anthem continues. so the french and german anthem is played there as the two leaders come up played there as the two leaders come up the path through the clearing into this forest in compiegne, some 70 kilometres, 40 miles north of paris, such a pivotal, symbolic place in the history of both nations we re place in the history of both nations were the german delegation 100 years ago came in by train through the battle scarred areas of northern france, taking the routes to some extent of emmanuel macron over the last few days as he has inspected this area, he has spent the week stopping in cemeteries and tal