Iran Press/Europe: "As Brexit dominates news coverage, no surprise that some analysis today get it wrong. I can reassure you the Irish Govt's commitment to the entire WA (withdrawal agreement) is absolute — including the backstop", Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney stated on Saturday via his Twitter.
Earlier this month, the Irish Independent newspaper reported Dublin would seek hundreds of millions of euros in special aid from the EU if the United Kingdom withdraws from the bloc without a deal, Iran Press report.
The minister's statement comes after earlier this week, the UK parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's draft Brexit deal by a 230-vote margin. Following the vote, she vowed to present another plan on 21 January, in accordance with the recent amendment.
Disagreements over how to solve the matter of the Irish border still remains one of the most complicated Brexit issues, and a major stumbling block in negotiations.
One suggested solution is standard international borders erected between the UK, Ireland and the rest of the EU. May has offered talks with other British parties to break the deadlock.
On 16 Jan 2019, British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin.
The humiliating loss, the first British parliamentary defeat of a treaty since 1864, marks the collapse of her two-year strategy of forging an amicable divorce with close ties to the EU after the March 29 exit.
After parliament voted 432-202 against her deal, opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn promptly called a vote of no confidence in May’s government, to be held on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister May gained the support of her Parliament despite the rejection of her Brexit plan.
May secured a narrow majority in the ballot held on Wednesday evening, with 325 MPs voting in her favour to 306 against - a majority of just 19.
This victory means May remains in charge of organizing the UK's exit from the EU on 29 March, even though the same house rejected the withdrawal agreement she painstakingly negotiated with Brussels over the past 18 months.
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