Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for withdrawing the United Kingdom from the European Union was rejected for a third time Friday.
“If you want to deliver Brexit, this is the moment,” May told U.K. lawmakers. Instead, they voted against the deal she negotiated with the EU, 344 to 286.
Britain was set to leave the bloc on March 29, but European leaders granted a short extension last week. May had until April 12 to negotiate a Brexit deal with Parliament, but the exit date would be postponed until May 22 if she could persuade British lawmakers this week to back her plan.
With Parliament’s rejection of her plan Friday, May appears stuck with the April departure.
May, who was adamant she could get enough support to push her deal through in a third vote, told lawmakers earlier this week she would step down as prime minister if her plan was approved.
The 585-page agreement she made with the EU gives Britain authority over immigration from Europe but binds the country to the European Union’s customs and trade system through the end of 2020. A majority of parliamentarians oppose a no-deal Brexit.
