Slouching toward BrexitPrime Minister Theresa May of Britain was back in Brussels, hoping beyond hope that the E.U. Details: Mrs. May wants new, legally binding assurances that the deal’s so-called backstop — keeping Britain under E.U. rules until a new relationship and a Northern Ireland border are worked out — will not become a permanent, trapping arrangement. Looking ahead: Though further talks could take place, European leaders insisted there would be no legal changes. Unless Brexit is delayed or reversed, or the clock drives Parliament into submission, Britain will chance a disastrous “no-deal” Brexit on March 29.

Source: New York Times December 14, 2018 04:54 UTC