MEPs on Tuesday morning backed a motion by 557 votes to 92 that said negotiations should not be allowed to progress to the future relationship between the UK and the European Union unless there is a "major breakthrough."
The motion says the UK's approach to the discussing financial issues has "seriously impeded" the talks so far and the European Council should delay its decision on whether there has been "sufficient progress."
The European Council of the 27 EU member states will decide later this month whether to give a mandate for further negotiations if "sufficient progress" has been made on citizens' rights, Northern Irish border and the financial settlement, Reuters reported.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told the plenary session: "We cannot talk about the future without any real clarity. The prime minister’s speech in Florence was conciliatory, but speeches are not negotiation positions."
The Parliament does not have an active role in negotiations and its vote today is not binding. However, it does make it very clear that the EU's only directly-elected body is unsatisfied with the talks so far, and will be a blow to Prime Minister Theresa May following her key Brexit speech in Florence, which was an attempt to break the deadlock.
The Parliament will vote to either approve or reject the final deal agreed between the EU and the UK at the end of Article 50 negotiations in 2019.
(Tasnim)
3/10/17
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