European Parliament President Antonio Tajani waves as he arrives at an extraordinary EU leaders summit to finalise and formalise the Brexit agreement in Brussels, Belgium November 25, 2018. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, said on Wednesday that the 27 EU states remaining in bloc after Brexit were still united on the matter and would not renegotiate a divorce deal with London.

“The 27 governments remain united over Brexit,” Tajani told reporters. “I hope we can avoid a hard Brexit.”

“It is difficult to imagine we can renegotiate a deal (on UK withdrawal) that has been already approved by EU member states.”