Angela Merkel said that there was no question of further bargaining at present

Angela Merkel has quashed hopes that the European Union could step in to rescue the Brexit agreement with further concessions.

Governments across Europe have tried to shore up support for the agreement struck by Theresa May’s cabinet yesterday amid mounting concern that Britain could end up tearing itself out of the EU without a formal deal.

The German chancellor said that a no-deal Brexit would be the “worst and most chaotic scenario” but clearly signalled her reluctance to yield more ground to the British side.

“We have a document on the table that Britain and the remaining 27 EU states have agreed,” Mrs Merkel said in Potsdam. “There is, as far as I am concerned, no question of further bargaining at present.”

Several German industry