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Ben Stansall\u2014AFP<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

British P.M. May says necessity of deal requires finding new ways to arrive at an agreement<\/h6>\n

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday conceded that concluding a Brexit deal with the main opposition would need \u201ccompromise on both sides\u201d as she faced criticism for being inflexible.<\/p>\n

The embattled leader opened negotiations this week with the Labour Party in a bid to end months of political crisis over her divorce deal struck with European leaders last year but repeatedly rejected by M.P.s. However, after several days of talks, Labour complained May\u2019s team were rigid over her plan, while the talks sparked fury among some Conservatives who detest involving leftist leader Jeremy Corbyn.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to get a deal over the line and that\u2019s why we’ve been looking for new ways to find an agreement in parliament\u2014and that means cross-party talks,\u201d May said in a video recorded at her country retreat Chequers. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of things on which I disagree with the Labour Party on policy issues but on Brexit I think there are some things we agree on… so we\u2019re talking.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the prospects of reaching a deal, the prime minister added: \u201cIt\u2019ll mean compromise on both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n

Time is running out for May to end Britain\u2019s 46 years of European Union membership in an orderly manner. She will head to an E.U. summit on Wednesday seeking to secure another Brexit extension, until June 30, to prevent Britain crashing out the bloc at the end of next week with no deal.<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s original March 29 departure date was delayed last month to April 12 amid the paralysis in parliament.<\/p>\n

E.U. members, who must unanimously back any further delay, are growing increasingly impatient at the dysfunction in Westminster and want a clear plan to resolve it. Depending on what May proposes, they could offer just a shorter postponement\u2014or a longer period of up to a year.<\/p>\n

Negotiations between the government and Labour are set to resume next week after a weekend of exchanges \u201cclarifying our position,\u201d according to shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey.<\/p>\n

One of the Labour team in the talks, she told the BBC the lack of compromise so far was \u201cdisappointing\u201d but the mood was \u201cquite positive and hopeful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are currently waiting for the government to come back to us now to state whether they are prepared to move on any of their red lines,\u201d Long Bailey said.<\/p>\n

Labour is pushing for a much closer post-Brexit alliance with the E.U., including participation in a customs union.<\/p>\n

May has previously dismissed the idea because it bars Britain from striking its own trade deals around the world.<\/p>\n

Andrea Leadsom, a senior Brexiteer in her divided cabinet, said the government was talking to Labour \u201cthrough gritted teeth.\u201d She would not confirm if senior Tory eurosceptics would now accept a customs union, and hinted she would back a no-deal departure over a long delay. \u201cFor me, whatever we deliver, it has to be Brexit,\u201d she told the BBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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