The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster, said today that her party would not under any circumstances support the existing Brexit agreement between London and Brussels.
A few minutes after they are EU leaders adopted the draft agreement at the summit in Brussels, Foster said her party strongly opposes the terms of the deal because it provides for Northern Ireland's separation from Great Britain, the Associated Press reports.
She did not, however, say that her party would withhold support from British Prime Minister Theresa May, whose minority Conservative government survives thanks to the DUP's votes in parliament.
Foster called for continued negotiations in order to come up with a better plan for the separation of the EU and Great Britain.
"I believe we should use the time now to find a third way, a different way, a better way," Foster told the BBC.
After 17 months of negotiations, London and Brussels reached an agreement on the separation, which was adopted by Theresa May's government on November 14, and by the leaders of the 27 EU countries today.
The agreement must now be declared by the British and European Parliaments.
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