日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Europe

Britain's May calls on business leaders to support draft Brexit deal

By Earle Gale in London | China Daily UK | Updated: 2018-11-19 19:22
Share
Share - WeChat
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at the Confederation of British Industry's (CBI) annual conference in London, Britain, Nov 19, 2018. [Photo/Agencies]

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is trying to convince members of her political party and her cabinet that the divorce deal she and her negotiators worked out with the European Union is good for the United Kingdom.

On Monday, she made her case in front of 1,000 of Britain's top business executives at the annual meeting of the Confederation of British Industry, which is also known as the CBI, where she said Britain should be open to the world's best immigrants, and that Brexit means unskilled EU migrants will no longer "jump the queue".

The PM said she wants migration into the UK to be skills-based, with Europeans no longer prioritized over "engineers from Sydney or software developers from Delhi".

The CBI broadly welcomed the 585-page draft Brexit withdrawal deal, saying any agreement would be better than the uncertainty of a no-deal exit at the end of March. But the organization has expressed concern about possible labor shortages in the hospitality and construction sectors.

The CBI's backing is likely to bolster support for the draft deal among members of May's Conservative Party ahead of a vote in Parliament.

Ministers from the other 27 EU member nations met on Monday before they sign off on the draft deal on Sunday. The BBC reports the EU plans to draft a political declaration detailing the bloc's future relationship with the UK and says May will hammer out a framework for a future trade relationship while in Brussels this week.

The draft deal will then need support from members of Britain's Parliament and May faces an uphill battle,with some MPs favoring a clean break and no deal, and others wanting acloser post-Brexit relationship.

The opposition Labour Party has said it will not back the deal and several smaller parties also oppose it.

Two members of May's cabinet resigned in protest when the proposed deal was unveiled last week and the Guardian reported that another five cabinet ministers are lobbying the prime minister to change the wording, something May has said she will not do.

With several MPs from May's party, including prominent backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg, calling for a leadership challenge, May appeared on Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday to defend herself.

"A change of leadership at this point isn't going to make the negotiations any easier and it's not going to change the parliamentary arithmetic," she said. "What it will do is mean there is a delay to those negotiations and that's a risk that Brexit gets delayed or frustrated. This isn't about me. This is about the national interest. The next seven days are critical."

Former Conservative Party leader Michael Howard told BBC Radio 4's Today program a leadership challenge would be a distraction.

The UK and EU will have a transitional period until the end of 2020 during which their relationship will stay largely the same. The European Commission recently suggested the transitional period could be extended until the end of 2022, something hardline Brexiteers would hate.

The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said on Monday the draft deal was a fair compromise and that the EU and the UK will have a deep and special relationship.

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美日韩在线一区 | 亚洲午夜精品aaa级久久久久 | snh48欧洲大片在线观看 | 色婷婷色 | 欧美99| 午夜在线观看视频 | 一级a级国产不卡毛片 | 黄色网一级片 | 亚洲在线一区 | 日本看片一区二区三区高清 | 男人的天堂在线视频 | 国产午夜福利视频一区二区32页 | 天堂网果冻传媒 | 99精品视频在线观看re | 亚洲视频在线观看免费视频 | 欧美一级久久久久久久大片 | 久久99热久久精品在线6 | 久热在 | 日韩在线观看中文字幕 | 婷婷色综合网 | 天天色天天操天天射 | 亚洲综合区 | 国产麻豆剧传媒精品网站 | 亚洲依依成人综合网站 | 日韩中文字幕免费在线观看 | 九九爱这里只有精品 | 亚洲精品成人 | 岛国一区 | 26uuu在线观看 | 欧美亚洲另类视频 | 美腿丝袜中文字幕 | 国产激情 | 97人人澡人人爽91综合色 | 中文字幕一区二区精品区 | 国产精品尤物在线 | 羞羞视频在线免费 | 激情五月色播 | 成年女人免费v片 | 欧美国产精品一区二区 | 富二代视频污 | 久久国产精品毛片 |