EU and UK reach divorce agreement in Brexit

The negotiating teams of the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom today reached an agreement to separate London from the community bloc, the president of the European Executive, Jean-Claude Juncker, announced on Twitter.

The agreement reached after prolonged meetings will be submitted to the scrutiny of EU Heads of State and Government, who meet today in Brussels, and the British Parliament, predictably on Saturday.

In his message on the social network, Juncker said that 'where there is a will, there is an agreement. We have one! '

The President of the European Commission accompanied his words with a letter addressed to EU leaders in which he urged them to support the pact during their summit on Thursday and Friday in the Belgian capital, headquarters of the main EU bodies.

In the opinion of the Luxembourg politician, the new agreement is 'fair and balanced', while at the same time testifying 'our commitment to achieve solutions'.

Juncker stressed the importance of 'the European Council supporting this agreement'.

Also on Twitter, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recalled Thursday that his country's Parliament must approve the agreement next Saturday in an extraordinary session.

Johnson said 'we have a great new agreement with which we take over again. Now Parliament should meet Brexit on Saturday in order to move on to other priorities. '

He explained that 'the whole United Kingdom' will leave the customs union with the new pact and that his country will be able to reach trade agreements with 'the world'.

According to the EU negotiator, Michel Barnier, the Northern Ireland Assembly will be able to vote if the safeguard is maintained to avoid a physical border on the island of Ireland four years after it has entered into force, which should happen once conclude the transition period after Brexit.

The new pact provides that Northern Ireland remains aligned with certain European single market rules but is part of the customs territory of the United Kingdom.

In this way, the controls on goods will be carried out at the point of entry into this British territory and not in the Republic of Ireland (EU Member State).

Barnier explained that UK authorities will be responsible for applying the European Union customs rules in Northern Ireland.

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