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UK leader's holiday from Brexit battles comes to noisy end

By JILL LAWLESS get her Brexit deal past her
LONDON (AP) — Brit- Conservative Party, Britain's
ish Prime Minister Theresa Parliament and the EU.
May's brief summer holiday On Monday, Conservative
from Brexit battles came supporters of "soft Brexit"
to a noisy end Monday, as put forward a rival pro-
she faced attack from both posal, arguing that Britain
sides of her divided Conser- should stay in the EU's single
vative Party. market for goods and ser-
Archrival Boris Johnson in- vices for three years after
flamed speculation that he Brexit while it negotiates a
aims to oust May by brand- future free trade deal with
ing her plan for Brexit "a di- the bloc — a plan summed
saster." up as "Norway, then Cana-
Johnson fumed in a news- da," in reference to those
paper column that May's countries' trade relations
proposal to retain close with the EU.
economic ties with the Eu- Conservative lawmaker
ropean Union after Brexit Nick Boles said the idea
would leave Britain locked was better than the Che-
in the trunk of a Brussels- quers proposal, which had
driven car with "no say on "close to zero" chance of
the destination." being approved by Parlia-
Meanwhile, a more pro-EU ment. "What I want is a plan
Conservative faction ar- In this Thursday, May 25, 2017 file photo British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Britain's Prime that's workable," Boles told
gued that the U.K. should Minister Theresa May arrive for meeting during NATO summit of heads of state and government, the BBC. "We can't get to
keep even closer bonds at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels. Nirvana in one step."
with the bloc than May is Associated Press Meanwhile, pro-EU cam-
proposing, at least tempo- paigners are pushing for
rarily. has "gone into battle with proposes keeping the U.K. control." a new referendum on any
Lawmaker Damian Green, the white flag fluttering aligned to EU regulations May's official spokesman, deal agreed between Brit-
an ally of May, conceded over our leading tank" and in return for free trade in James Slack, dismissed ain and the EU. May insists
the prime minister was in a had agreed to pay a 40-bil- goods. The plan infuriated Johnson's attack, saying that won't happen, but the
tight spot. lion pound ($51 billion) di- Brexit-backers including there were "no new ideas idea is gaining momentum.
"The government is walking vorce bill in return "for two- Johnson, who quit the gov- in this article to respond to." Britain and the EU had
a narrow path with people thirds of diddly squat." ernment in protest. John- "What we need at this time hoped to hammer out an
chucking rocks from both Britain is due to leave the son claims the Chequers is serious leadership with a agreement on divorce
sides," he told the BBC. EU in March, but negotia- plan would prevent the serious plan and that's ex- terms and the outlines of
Johnson, who resigned as tions have stalled amid di- U.K. from striking new trade actly what the country has future trade by a European
foreign secretary in July af- visions within May's Con- deals around the world. with this prime minister and Council summit in October
ter feuding with May over servative government over "We will remain in the EU this Brexit plan," he said. so that it can be approved
Brexit, used his weekly col- how close an economic taxi; but this time locked in With Parliament due to re- by individual EU countries
umn in the Daily Telegraph relationship to seek with EU. the boot (trunk), with ab- turn Tuesday from its sum- before the U.K. leaves the
newspaper to accuse May A proposal hammered solutely no say on the des- mer break, Johnson and bloc on March 29. Both
of surrendering to the EU in out by May's Cabinet in tination," Johnson wrote. his fellow Brexit enthusiasts sides now say that dead-
divorce negotiations. July at the prime minister's "We won't have taken back aren't the only obstacle line may slip to November
Johnson said that Britain Chequers country retreat control — we will have lost May faces as she tries to or later.q

Top diplomat calls for greater EU role amid global chaos

Associated Press "The very idea of multilater- contrary, we will be even
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Euro- alism is being challenged," more engaged in the year
pean Union's top diplomat Mogherini said. ahead." She said the Euro-
said Monday that the world While she didn't mention pean Commission has pro-
is going through a time of the U.S. or President Donald posed increasing the bud-
chaos and that the 28-na- Trump directly, Mogherini get of the bloc's External
tion bloc must work more underlined the importance Action Service — essentially
closely with international of the Iran nuclear agree- a foreign office with about
partners as the multilateral ment and the global cli- 140 delegations worldwide
system comes under threat. mate change pact reject- — by around 30 percent
In a speech to EU ambas- ed by Trump. She also re- to show that "we are ready
sadors laying out her vision ferred to the central role of to play a role in the world,
for the year to come, EU the World Trade Organiza- with our principles, with our
foreign policy chief Fed- tion, whose rules are being European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini speaks values, with our policies,
during EU ambassadors conference at EU Charlemagne build-
erica Mogherini said that tested by Trump's policies. ing in Brussels, Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. but also with our resources."
"the whole world is going "No great power is really Associated Press With a combined popula-
through a moment of cha- great enough in the world tion of around 500 million
os, and the question is: is of today," she said. ners — ranging from Cana- of Africa — that "Europe people, the EU is the world's
it a moment or is it a long- Mogherini urged the am- da, Australia, New Zealand, is not withdrawing from biggest trading bloc and a
term trend?" bassadors to reassure part- Japan, South Korea and all the world stage. On the top aid donor.q