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EU President Donald Tusk will meet British Prime Minister Theresa May Thursday for "last-minute talks" to try to help save her beleaguered Brexit deal ahead of a crucial European summit. "Ahead of #EUCO, I will meet PM for last-minute talks," Tusk said. May comes to the EU summit in Brussels after postponing an attempt to ratify the Brexit treaty, only to have to face down a bid from fellow Conservative MPs to unseat her. The other 27 EU countries have drawn up a six-paragraph statement designed to appease concerns about the "Irish backstop" in the Brexit withdrawal and ease the deal's passage through the British parliament.
According to European diplomats, the leaders will not allow the backstop nor the deal itself -- which was only agreed at the end of last month -- to be renegotiated at this stage. But the statement, which could be issued at the summit, would declare that any backstop "would only be in place for a short period and only as long as strictly necessary."
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