MOSCOW (Pakistan Poi European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker ruled out on Thursday at the meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May that the bloc might renegotiate the withdrawal agreement with London, the European Commission said in a statement, adding that the two senior officials would meet before the end of February to sum up the Brexit discussions.
nt News / Sputnik - 07th February, 2019)MOSCOW (Pakistan Poi European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker ruled out on Thursday at the meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May that the bloc might renegotiate the withdrawal agreement with London, the European Commission said in a statement, adding that the two senior officials would meet before the end of February to sum up the Brexit discussions.
"President Juncker underlined that the EU27 will not reopen the Withdrawal Agreement, which represents a carefully balanced compromise between the European Union and the UK, in which both sides have made significant concessions to arrive at a deal," the statement said.
Juncker, at the same time, expressed willingness to amend the political declaration agreed by London and Brussels in order to be more ambitious in terms of content of the future EU-UK relationship.
"The Prime Minister and the President will meet again before the end of February to take stock of these discussions," the statement read further.
