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UK's Johnson Rejects Brexit Deal, Vows to Leave EU Without New Agreement

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   Report updated 2:20 p.m., July 25, 2019.

   British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on the European Union
   (EU) to reconsider its decision not to renegotiate the Brexit deal and
   vowed to withdraw from the 28-nation bloc without a new agreement if
   necessary.

   During his first address Thursday before Parliament since becoming
   prime minister, Johnson said the Brexit deal negotiated by his
   predecessor, Theresa May, is "unacceptable," maintaining she "signed
   away" Britain's economic and government independence.

   Johnson insisted he wanted a new deal but said Britain was better
   prepared than most political observers believed to leave the EU without
   one.

   "I hope the EU will be equally ready and that they will rethink their
   current refusal to make any changes to the Withdrawal Agreement," he
   said. "If they do not, we will, of course, have to leave the EU without
   an agreement."

   EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told Johnson during a
   telephone conversation Thursday the existing deal is "the best and only
   agreement possible," according to an unnamed EU official with knowledge
   of the exchange.

   But the official also said Juncker reiterated the EU offer to consider
   the idea of Britain adding language to a non-binding political
   declaration that was negotiated to accompany the separation deal.

   The EU is also willing to "analyze" any ideas presented by the UK
   "providing they are compatible with the Withdrawal Agreement," the
   official added.
   

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