THE European Parliament agreed the EU-UK Trade Co-operation Agreement today, confirming the post-Brexit deal thrashed out between Brussels and London.
A resolution condemning Brexit as a “historic mistake” but supporting the deal as a way of limiting “negative fallout” from it passed by 578 to 51 votes with 68 abstentions. It was agreed by MPs at Westminster on December 30.
“The EU and the UK have created the basis for a relationship among equals,” announced EU Parliament foreign affairs committee chairman Andreas Schieder.
But the agreement has been criticised on the left on both sides of the Channel for maintaining EU restrictions on state aid and public ownership, while failing to prevent attacks on workers’ rights.