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A Brexit breakthrough is being talked up by Brussels as Theresa May\u2019s supporters insist any move to topple the Prime Minister by Tory MPs would end in \u201ccollapse and disarray\u201d.<\/p>\nA Brexit breakthrough is being talked up by Brussels as Theresa May\u2019s supporters insist any move to topple the Prime Minister by Tory MPs would end in \u201ccollapse and disarray\u201d.<\/p>\n
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker sounded an upbeat note as he signaled a deal could be hammered out in time for a crunch EU summit in less than two weeks\u2019 time.<\/p>\n
I have reason to think that the rapprochement potential between both sides has increased in recent days<\/p>\n
As negotiations reached a frantic final phase, Irish government sources suggested an agreement on the crucial border issue was \u201cvery close\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr Juncker struck an unusually positive note when asked if a deal could be made, telling Austrian media: \u201cI have reason to think that the rapprochement potential between both sides has increased in recent days.\u201d<\/p>\n
The remarks raised hopes of a deal at an EU summit on October 17, or at another gathering slated for November.<\/p>\n
The comments came as Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan insisted Tory MPs seeking to oust the Prime Minister represented a fringe element.<\/p>\n
Warning against a move to replace the PM, Sir Alan told the BBC: \u201cDon\u2019t believe all those things you read in the newspapers and take it that there are a lot of numbers behind the noise.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that\u2019s where you need to apply a lot of political judgment to work out whether the complainers are just a fringe, or whether they represent the main body of opinion in the middle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe main body of opinion in the middle and right to the edges is absolutely solidly behind her.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause the idea that we can go for anybody else at the moment is just folly.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would lead to collapse and disarray.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not a credible option.\u201d<\/p>\n
As talks intensified, T\u00e1naiste Simon Coveney accused leading arch-Brexiteers of peddling \u201ccrazy\u201d ideas about the impact of a no-deal withdrawal.<\/p>\n
Mr Coveney\u2019s rebuke came as Dublin urged Mrs May to bring forward her proposals to break the deadlock in the Brexit talks over the Northern Ireland border.<\/p>\n
When it was put to him that Brexiteers believe the Republic would not erect a border in a no-deal scenario, Mr Coveney told Channel 4 News: \u201cThat is a crazy argument.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, prominent pro-Europe Labour MP Chris Bryant insisted he had not been involved in talks with the Government on backing a deal after reports Downing Street had launched a \u201ccharm offensive\u201d to try and win opposition support for Mrs May\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n