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U.K. is offering Brexit ‘compromise’ to EU

By JILL LAWLESS, DANICA
KIRKA and RAF CASERT
MANCHESTER, England (AP)
— The U.K. offered the Eu-
ropean Union a proposed
last-minute Brexit deal on
Wednesday that it said
represents a realistic com-
promise for both sides, as
British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson urged the bloc to
hold “rapid negotiations
towards a solution” after
years of wrangling.
With Britain due to leave
the bloc at the end of this
month, Johnson said in a
letter to European Commis-
sion President Jean-Claude
Juncker that not reaching
a deal would be “a failure
of statecraft for which we
would all be responsible.” Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers his Leader's speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England,
He did not mention that the Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Britain's ruling Conservative Party is holding their annual party conference.
EU and the U.K. did reach a Associated Press
deal in 2018 _ only for it to
be rejected, three times, by said the two sides would nation" to make progress holds the EU presidency, als, and chief negotiator
Britain’s Parliament. negotiate over the coming but noted there were still said the 27 other member Michel Barnier said they
The EU gave the proposals days. Juncker said he wel- some "problematic" areas. states would “engage ac- represented “progress.”
a guarded welcome and comed Johnson's "determi- Finland, which currently tively” with the U.K. propos- Continued on Page 8