British lawmakers are set to hold a series of votes on different options for Brexit in an attempt to break the country's political deadlock.
Lawmakers voted 329-302 to take control of Parliament's timetable from the government starting Wednesday to hold votes on alternative Brexit options.
The impasse has led Britain to seek a delay to Brexit, which was set to go into effect this Friday. If May's deal passes, it will leave May 22.This is a breaking news update...LONDON -- British Prime Minister Theresa May conceded Monday that Parliament would defeat her twice-rejected Brexit divorce deal again if she put it to a new vote, but said she still hopes to change lawmakers' minds and get the agreement approved.
Meanwhile, pro-EU lawmakers in Parliament aimed to seize control of the process with a motion later Monday that would let them hold a series of votes on alternatives to May's deal. The EU granted May's request for a delay, though a shorter one than she sought. It said if Parliament approves the proposed divorce deal, the U.K. will leave the EU on May 22. If not, the government has until April 12 to tell European leaders what it plans to do -- leave without a deal, cancel Brexit or chart a new path.
At a meeting Sunday at the prime minister's country retreat, Chequers, prominent Brexiteers told May they might back the deal -- if she agreed to step down so that a new leader could take charge of the next phase of negotiations, which will settle Britain's future relations with the EU. May is hanging on, hoping she can persuade Brexit-backing lawmakers that rejecting her deal means Britain may never leave the EU.
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