脫歐談判艱難，英首相呼籲黨內團結

British Prime Minister Theresa May is calling on her fractious Conservative Party to unite on a Brexit strategy and help her negotiate a separation agreement with the European Union.

May told her party's annual conference Wednesday in Birmingham they are entering the "toughest phase of the negotiations."

Britain will leave the 28-nation bloc on March 29 and talks to reach a divorce deal have stalled.

An influential pro-Brexit faction within May's party led by former foreign minister Boris Johnson is urging her to be firm and exit the European Union without a deal if necessary. The faction opposes May's proposal for Britain to adhere to EU trade rules after it leaves, calling instead for a clean break.

May did not rule out leaving without an agreement, but said doing so "would be a bad outcome for the U.K. and the EU."

May insists her plan is the only way to protect jobs and trade, and avoid physical checks on the border Britain shares with Ireland.

"If we stick together and hold our nerve, I know we can get a deal that delivers for Britain," May said. "Even if we do not all agree on every part of this proposal, we need to come together."

Wednesday's end of the Conservative Party's annual conference marks the beginning of what some officials believe will be a couple of weeks of frenzied diplomatic talks between Britain and the European Union as the two sides try to seal a deal to end more than 40 years of partnership.英國首相特蕾莎·梅呼籲她的爭吵不休的保守黨在脫歐戰略上聯合起來，幫助她與歐盟達成協議。

梅首相週三在伯明翰舉行的保守黨年度會議上說，他們正在進入“談判最艱難的階段”。

英國將在明年3月29日離開有着28個成員國的歐盟，但目前分離協議談判陷入僵局。

由前外交部長鮑里斯·約翰遜領導的五月黨內一個有影響力的支持英國脫歐的派系敦促梅首相堅定不移，如果必要的話不達成協議而退出。這一派系反對梅首相提出在英國脫歐後繼續遵守歐盟貿易規則的提議，而是要求徹底脫離。

梅首相不排除在沒有達成協議的情況下脫歐，但是說這樣“對於英國和歐盟來說將是一個糟糕的結果。”

梅堅持認爲，她的計劃是保護就業和貿易，以及在英國與愛爾蘭邊境避免人身檢查的唯一途徑。

梅首相說： “如果我們團結起來，保持我們的精神，我知道我們可以爲英國達成一個協議給，”她說，“即使我們並不都同意這個提案的每一部分，我們也需要走到一起。”

保守黨年會的週三結束之際，意味着一些官員認爲的英國與歐盟之間幾周瘋狂外交談判的開始，雙方都在試圖爲結束40多年的夥伴關係達成協議。