British Prime Minister Theresa May defended the agreement leading to the Brexit approved the day before with the Twenty-Seven (see EUROPE 12145) in the National Parliament on Monday 26 November, but she had to face a continuous barrage of criticism.
For Ms May, the Chamber must support the withdrawal agreement and the declaration on EU/UK Post-Brexit relations. Rejecting the outcome of the negotiations - in her view, the best possible - would drive the Kingdom into "more divisions and uncertainties", she said.
MEPs strongly criticised the British leader, such as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, for whom these "failed" and "mediocre" negotiations create an even worse situation for the country and leave "no choice for this House but to reject the agreement".
Ms May was attacked over the sharp compromise on Gibraltar, the Irish question, fisheries and the fact that the country would not regain its trade sovereignty and border control.
We have achieved "the goal of free movement once and for all," May said.
Other MEPs also lamented that the statement on the future bilateral relationship between the United Kingdom and the EU was not binding or accused of threatening the country's prosperity after Brexit.
The British Parliament is expected to vote on the withdrawal agreement around 10 or 11 December. (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)