Brexit negotiations are OVER insist EU leaders despite Theresa May pleading for more concessions
Leaders from Spain, Germany, Ireland have all indicated that there will no changing their minds before the 'meaningful vote'
EU leaders have insisted Brexit negotiations are OVER despite Theresa May pleading for more concessions.
The PM - back at work today after the Christmas break - came under fresh pressure to scrap the Commons vote on her Brexit deal as critics claimed that putting it back further would make Brussels offer the UK a better deal.
Mrs May is understood to have spoken to German Chancellor Angela Merkel since Christmas, , but to no avail.
She is also said to have reached out to other leaders including Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez and Dutch Premier Mark Rutte - but none have done a U-turn so far.
Today Taoiseach Leo Varadkar echoed Merkel when he said he would not budge over the backstop plans or accept "any proposal that contradicts what's already in the Withdrawal Agreement".
Varadkar and Merkel spoke this morning for 40 minutes to discuss the deal and had both decided to "stand by" the deal, he said.
The Taoiseach said the Irish Government would be continuing with its contingency planning in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
At a press conference in Brussels, Mina Andreeva, deputy chief spokeswoman for the European Commission, confirmed Europe's position.
"We have said many times the deal that is on the table is the best and only deal possible," she said.
"And the EU27 leaders confirmed on December 13 in their conclusions that it will not be renegotiated."
Brexiteer sources also told the today that "no one is changing their minds about this deal because the deal itself remains the same".
The "meaningful vote" was delayed at the last minute in December and is currently due to take place in the week beginning January 14.
May's last-minute pulling of the vote triggered a vote of no confidence in her leadership, which she survived with a majority of 83.
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