The European Parliament is ready to consider the updated Brexit agreement so as to be in time before the date now set for Britain to exit the EU – October 31, EP President David Sassoli said.
“We are ready. We will have the final word if you want”, – Sassoli said at a press conference.
He recalled that the updated agreement on Thursday is assessesed by the summit of the EU heads of state that remain in the union. Consideration of the transaction in the UK Parliament is scheduled for Saturday, then it will go, if approved, for ratification by the European Parliament.
“We are ready to fulfill our duties, to analyze the text and carry out the necessary procedures to meet the time frame”, – Sassoli said.
On Thursday, it became known that negotiators from the European Union and Great Britain reached an agreement on the country’s withdrawal from the union (Brexit) before the summit of the EU heads of state.