“What yesterday’s vote showed is that the political conditions for the ratification of the withdrawal agreement are not yet there in London. We regret profoundly this vote, as president Juncker has said. And this regret, ladies and gentlemen, is obviously also linked to the intense work we have done together with you, with your Brexit (inaudible) group for two years but also with the British government based on the red lines of the British government and based on the realities of leaving the EU,” Barnier said. Barnier added that the vote shows that the political conditions for the ratification of the Brexit deal are not yet there.
British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and triggering a no-confidence vote that could topple her governmen
