EU Budget Commissioner: Oettinger considers further amendments to the Brexit Agreement to be excluded

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Günther Oettinger has categorically excluded any changes to this Brexit Agreement. If the agreement approved by the EU leaders is rejected by the British Parliament, he sees "no other way next to this agreement and a hard Brexit without an agreement," said the EU Budget Commissioner of the "Welt am Sonntag".

He does not believe that further explorations and new negotiations would lead to a better result: "This is the best possible deal for both sides." He is confident that the outcome of the negotiations will also be accepted in London, Oettinger said.

At the same time, it is important that the EU Member States "fully support the outcome of the negotiations and recommend that the European Parliament accept it".

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