Prime Minister Theresa May's Chequers plan will not work, and time is running out to make a deal, warned the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, at the end of the EU's Salzburg summit. May has stated that the Chequers plan is the only way forward that would not result in an no-deal Brexit, while Tusk has said that the plan would undermine the EU's single market. The EU leaders are meeting on Friday for their summit with President Trump, who was invited by
Prime Minister Theresa May's Chequers plan will not work, and time is running out to make a deal, warned the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, at the end of the EU's Salzburg summit. May has stated that the Chequers plan is the only way forward that would not result in an no-deal Brexit, while Tusk has said that the plan would undermine the EU's single market. With the UK withdrawal from the EU set for 29 March 2019, Tusk has said that, if progress is made before October, a further summit can be planned in November.