Chequers plan is dead, says Tusk as Macron calls Brexiters liars

European council president rejects UK plan as French president ditches diplomatic niceties Donald Tusk, the European council president, has ratcheted up the pressure on Theresa May by rejecting the Chequers plan and warning of a breakdown in the Brexit talks unless she delivers a solution for the Irish border by October - a deadline the British prime minister had already said she will not be able to meet. Related: Chequers unacceptable because it would undermine single market, say EU leaders as ...