European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says the Brexit agreement reached with UK PM Boris Johnson means there is no need for a Brexit extension
Donald Tusk, who as president of the European Council will chair the summit of European Union leaders later, has voiced his relief that a new Brexit agreement has been sealed which avoids a chaotic UK departure from the bloc at the end of the month.Ahead of the summit, Tusk told Polish reporters that a "deal is a much better scenario than no deal".
Von der Leyen, who is set to replace Jean-Claude Juncker in December, said the agreement is "good for people on both side, good for the economy on both sides" and respects the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland. It is not clear how many of Johnson's Conservative MPs will back the deal, and if the British opposition could vote it down or attempt to force a nationwide referendum to approve or reject it.
The DUP, a key ally of Johnson, said it stood by a statement issued earlier by leader Arlene Foster and her deputy Nigel Dodds.
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