Analysis: Stuck in the E.U. for now, Britain’s hardcore Brexiteers want to sabotage it
Conservative lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg said that if Britain is “stuck” in the European Union, “we must use the remaining powers we have to be difficult.” By Adam Taylor and Adam Taylor Foreign reporter who writes about a variety of subjects Email Bio Follow Michael Birnbaum Michael Birnbaum Brussels bureau chief covering Europe Email Bio Follow April 11 at 1:56 PM Despite its best efforts, Britain is still in the European Union.
Other Brexiteers have hinted at a broader strategy of disruption. Conservative lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg said that if Britain is “stuck” in the E.U., “we must use the remaining powers we have to be difficult.” But despite the best wishes of Rees-Mogg and others to make life difficult for the E.U., doing so may be harder than they anticipated in practice.
Even if Britain wished to disrupt, the E.U. calendar is not in its favor: There is simply not much major legislation that would require unanimity that Britain could block. “If it would be a normal legislative period, it could have been different,” the diplomat said, “but it is not.”Although Brexiteers have long formed a sizable part of the contingent of lawmakers sent to the European Parliament from Britain — in part because persistent low turnout allowed anti-E.U.
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