Support for the agreement from Parliament and Northern Irish lawmakers is far from assured, and the opposition Labour Party said it wanted to put the agreement to a public vote.
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Prime Minister Leo Varadkar of Ireland said the draft deal respected Northern Ireland’s “unique history and geography.” Here’s what you need to know:
Britain and the E.U. say there is a deal. The deal, explained by Europe’s chief Brexit negotiator. Northern Irish party digs in. Labour denounces the deal and calls for a public vote. The pound, a Brexit barometer, soars and then dips.
ImagePrime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, left, and the European Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, at a news conference in the European Union’s headquarters in Brussels on Thursday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, left, and the European Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, at a news conference in the European Union’s headquarters in Brussels on Thursday.CreditFrancisco Seco/Associated Press Britain and the E.U. say there is a deal.
Britain and the European Union announced on Thursday that an agreement on the draft text of a Brexit deal had been reached, a last-minute breakthrough for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he works to map out Britain’s departure from the bloc.
Writing on Twitter, Mr. Johnson called the agreement a “great new deal that takes back control,” and said that Parliament would vote on the deal on Saturday.