Chancellor says she’ll work ‘to the last day’ to prevent no deal.
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged her partners in the European Union to work with the United Kingdom on a compromise for the country's divorce from the bloc and avoid a no-deal Brexit.
"We have a responsibility to pursue this separation process responsibly so that in 50 years, people won't shake their heads and say 'Why weren't they able to find a compromise?'," Merkel told members of her Christian Democrats (CDU) at a party event Saturday in the city of Rostock.
"To the last day, I will work towards finding a treaty-based solution for a deal for the U.K.'s exit, and I will work towards having the best kind of relations afterward," she added.
On Tuesday, British members of parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal with the EU by a record-breaking margin, shrouding the U.K.'s path out of the European Union in doubt.
In her speech on Saturday, Merkel underscored the importance of good relations between the EU and the U.K.
"The United Kingdom is a part of Europe," Germany's longtime chancellor said. "We're bound together by wonderful cooperation in all domestic and security policies. And the U.K. needs to remain a close partner in the future."
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