Barnier urges Brexit parties to ‘assume responsibility’

Brussels (AFP) – EU Brexit pointman Michel Barnier said Wednesday that British and European negotiators had done as much as they can to agree a divorce deal and it was time for all sides to get behind it.

Asked whether the draft deal approved by Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet was a “take it or leave it” choice for the British parliament, Barnier put the ball in the lawmakers’ camp.

“The two negotiators, the two negotiating teams, have taken their responsibilities. The British government has taken today, this evening, its responsibility, and now everybody on both sides have to take their responsibility,” he said.