German Brexit plan: keep calm and carry on

Merkle says she regrets deeply vote result on Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement with EU

“We think that it is up to the British side ... to tell us how things move on from here,” German chancellor Angela Merkle said on Wednesday. Photograph:  Kay Nietfeld/AFP/Getty Images

“We think that it is up to the British side ... to tell us how things move on from here,” German chancellor Angela Merkle said on Wednesday. Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/AFP/Getty Images

German politicians have called for calm after Tuesday’s Brexit vote and reiterated their support for Ireland’s concerns, as a gulf opens up between their public and private levels of empathy towards the UK.

In the House of Commons, MPs rejected prime minister Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement with the EU by 432 to 202, a majority of 230.

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