Hunt states Merkel willing to consider renegotiating the Brexit divorce deal

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt told Sky News that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had indicated the EU would be willing to renegotiate the Brexit divorce deal.

Hunt, one of nearly a dozen Conservatives vying to succeed May after she resigned as party leader Friday, said he spoke with Merkel during the D-Day commemorations and was convinced changing May’s agreement was possible.

Hunt did not specify if he was referring to the legally binding withdrawal agreement, which the EU has repeatedly insisted cannot be re-opened, or to the accompanying political declaration on future relations, which could be revisited.

May agreed the package with the EU last year but British lawmakers rejected it three times, forcing her to delay Brexit twice — the latest extension being to October 31.

Via The Guardian