British Attorney General Cox is now delivering his remarks on the legal assessment of Prime Minister Theresa May’s re-negotiated Brexit deal.
Key quotes (via Reuters)
- Joint instrument confirms that EU cannot pursue the objective of trying to trap the UK in backstop indefinitely.
- Event of EU, UK not reaching an agreement highly unlikely to occur.
- Were such a situation to occur, the legal risk remains unchanged.
- PM May secured legally-binding changes with EU.