Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said he still expects an accord to be reached on Brexit within the next few weeks, even as his British counterpart Theresa May struggles to forge a path forward.

“It’s very much my view that we can ensure that we have a deal, ” Varadkar told reporters in Seeon, Germany, before he addressed members of Bavaria’s ruling Christian Social Union party on Friday. The current proposal “took a long time to negotiate – and that is a deal that’s not perfect for everyone, but I think can work for everyone.”

British politicians return to Parliament on Monday to grapple with navigating the U.K.’s path out of the European Union. Critics of May’s plan fear the U.K. could be trapped indefinitely in the backup arrangement for the Irish border, effectively keeping the whole country inside the EU’s customs union trade rules. The premier is hoping for a new legal definition to reassure her critics that the so called Irish backstop will be “temporary.”

Varadkar said the U.K. can ensure it doesn’t crash out of the EU without a deal.

“It’s always in the power of the United Kingdom to ensure that there is a deal, either by ratifying the agreement which we’ve reached at government level, or alternatively by seeking an extension of Article 50,” he said. “So, the option there to avoid no deal is always there.”

Varadkar said while the U.K.’s plan to exit the EU has been “traumatic,” it has helped glue the rest of the bloc together.

“People often say that a divorce can be like a death in the family. It can also bring those left behind closer together,” Varadkar told members of the CSU. “In the midst of all the arguing in the search for an agreement, we have found strength and we have found solidarity from each other. ”