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. As well the criticism from the EU, Mrs May's proposal for the UK to sign up to a common rule book for trade in goods and a combined customs territory with the EU is unpopular with many in her own party, who believe it will erode British sovereignty and is not what people voted for when they backed Brexit in the 2016 referendum. 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. The EU leaders are meeting on Friday for their summit with President Trump, who was invited by