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To pass the text, Boris Johnson will have to "sell" its agreement to the pro-Brexit labor representatives, the British press said. Reuters

British, get out the calculators, time is math ... How many members are ready to vote the new Brexit agreement? The British press raises many questions.

With our correspondent in London, Muriel Delcroix

The text ripped off yesterday in Brussels before the opening of the European summit is far from satisfying everyone in the United Kingdom. The North Irish ally of Boris Johnson, the DUP, has already said he would oppose it. Labor, the Labor opposition, has also logically called for rejection. So tomorrow's vote in Westminster is going to be tight. The situation could become " extremely complicated " in case of rejection warns the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker.

"And now begins the tricky part," headlines the daily i for which a triumphant Boris Johnson Brussels faces back in London. " A huge challenge " to successfully convince members to ratify its withdrawal text tomorrow, Saturday.

Do not derail the agreement?

The pro-Brexit newspapers are aware of the difficulty of betting and their One are direct exhortations to parliamentarians not to derail the deal. " The Prime Minister has done his duty, now the deputies must do theirs, " the Daily Mail asks. " Just do it ," " do it ," exclaims the exasperated Daily Express tabloid who quotes a poll suggesting that 65 percent of voters want parliamentarians to support the government's deal.

" This is my deal or no deal " title the Telegraph . The paper to which Boris Johnson regularly contributes estimates that the conservative leader will issue an ultimatum to the deputies, but that he is under threat of an attempt by the anti-Brexit to condition the vote for the agreement to the holding of a second confirmation referendum.

Offensive charm unbridled

But for the pro-European daily The Guardian , Boris Johnson will have to fend for himself after the refusal of the European Union to exclude a new postponement of Brexit as the prime minister would have liked. However, the account is not there yet and the Times predicts Boris Johnson's frenzied charm offensive in the next 24 hours to sell his deal, notably to pro-Brexit labor representatives.

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