The Brexit agreement that was negotiated with Brussels does not have enough support in Parliament to vote on it again, British Prime Minister Theresa May said today in an address to MPs.
"As things stand now, the agreement does not have enough support in Parliament to be resubmitted for a third vote," May said, France Press reports.
She said she would continue to try to get lawmakers to support her deal before putting it to a vote in the lower house of parliament for a third time this Sunday.
The first two times the agreement was rejected in the parliament by an overwhelming majority.
May will also instruct MPs in her Conservative Party to vote against a proposal by a group of Tory MPs to vote on a plan that would be an alternative to hers, the BBC reports.
Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has said that its position has not changed and that it will not support a deal to leave the EU.
DUP leader Arlin Foster conveyed this to the prime minister today in a telephone conversation after the government meeting.
Great Britain is due to leave the EU without a deal if MPs do not approve the withdrawal agreement by April 12 or choose another path. This could cause major economic disruptions.
May told MPs that if the lower house of parliament does not agree with it, leaving "without an agreement" will not happen, AP reports.
The House of Commons has already voted in principle against leaving without an agreement.
She urged MPs to back her deal, saying any other option would mean canceling or delaying Brexit.
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