EU leaders sign off on Brexit deal, urge Britons to back PM May's package

The biggest question now facing the EU is whether May's divided minority government can steer the deal

European Union leaders formally agreed a Brexit deal at a Brussels summit on Sunday, urging Britons to back Prime Minister Theresa May's package, which faces furious opposition in the British parliament.   

The 27 leaders took barely half an hour to rubber-stamp a 600-page treaty setting terms for Britain's withdrawal from the European Union on March 29 and a 26-page declaration outlining a future free trading relationship. May joined them shortly afterwards for what will be a brief meeting to seal the accord.
 

"This is the deal," European Union chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters on his way in to