European leaders Varadkar and Merkel discuss how to help May to get through Withdrawal Agreement in a 40 minute call
"It was an opportunity to kind of brainstorm a bit as to what we could do to assist prime minister May" - Varadkar
"We are happy to offer reassurance and guarantees to the United Kingdom but not reassurances and guarantees that contradict or change what was agreed back in November"
“This is something we will have to see develop over the next week or two. Bear in mind the UK government has approved this agreement. The difficulty is UK government appears unable at this point in time to secure ratification from the Commons"