British ministers approve the 'brexit' agreement with the EU

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After an extraordinary meeting of more than five hours, the British prime minister, Theresa May, announced on Wednesday that the members of the cabinet decided to back the draft of the agreement for the 'brexit' that the United Kingdom reached with the European Union. A text that will decide the way in which the country will leave the economic bloc.

The decision was pending ratification after this Tuesday it was known that after more than 20 months of negotiations that seemed stalled, finally London and Brussels had managed to agree the terms of the 'brexit' in a text of more than 500 pages.

"This is a decisive stage that allows us to move forward and finalize the agreement in the coming days," said a smiling May at the gates of Downing Street, adding that this is "the best agreement that can be reached" since the alternatives are a "exit without any agreement" or "do not leave the European Union", options that generate the rejection of the opposition and even its own political party.

May warned that "difficult days will come" for her and her government. The president will appear this Thursday in the House of Commons to explain to the deputies the details of the preliminary agreement, which must still be endorsed by the British Parliament and the 27 community partners.

In this draft agreement, key terms were agreed, such as the rejection of a physical border between Ireland (a country that belongs to the EU) and Northern Ireland (which would remain outside the EU), the regulation of tariffs between the two economic blocs, and also exemption of visas for the British that travel to European countries, among others.

Juncker considers that there is "decisive progress"
The president of the European Commission (EC), Jean-Claude Juncker, considered on Wednesday that a "decisive progress" has been reached in the "Brexit" negotiations with the United Kingdom.

In a letter to the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, Juncker noted that the UK withdrawal agreement "can be concluded" and the next step in the process can be continued.

"The Commission recommends to the European Council that it consider that decisive progress has been made in the negotiations on the orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU, allowing the negotiations on the withdrawal agreement to be concluded and to start the next step of the process," Juncker said. in reference to the formation of the Council to Twenty-seven, known as "article 50".

It is planned that this Thursday the community negotiator for brexit, Michel Barnier, will meet in Brussels with the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, to discuss the Brexit agreement.