BREAKING: The UK formally asks the European Union for a delay to Brexit — but also sends a letter from Prime Minister Boris Johnson arguing against it. The EU Council president tweets that he will consult EU leaders on how to react.
The British government has formally asked the European Union for a delay to Brexit — but also sent a letter from Prime Minister Boris Johnson arguing against it.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s office says that given that a deal was negotiated, “it’s now up to the British Parliament to say if it approves or rejects it. There must be a vote on the fundamentals.”The European Parliament’s chief Brexit official says expert legislators will assess the House of Commons vote Monday in the knowledge that any European Union legislative approval before the Oct. 31 deadline is extremely tight.
Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg says the government will seek a debate Monday on its Brexit-implementing legislation that would effectively be a vote to approve the deal. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says his country does not see Saturday’s vote by British lawmakers as a rejection of the Brexit deal but rather as a delay.
Had the deal been approved, the EU parliament had planned to back the Brexit deal by Thursday evening.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will push ahead and try to leave European Union by Oct. 31. The vote is a major blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and means he has to ask the EU to delay Britain’s departure. Parliament previously passed a law compelling him to do that if a deal had not been passed by Saturday.
Johnson’s deal is similar to May’s in some ways but contains a different arrangement for maintaining an open Irish border. Sarah Spoor, who cares for her two children with disabilities, choked back tears as she said she is “distraught” at the prospect of Britain leaving the EU.Thousands of Brexit opponents are gathering in central London to call for Britain to remain part of the European Union.
He says “I fervently believe that we should remain in the EU.” He adds “I am British but I am also European. I don’t believe the current deal offers any benefits at all.”Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has told Parliament that the Brexit deal on which lawmakers are voting risks jobs, rights, the environment and the health service.
Lawmakers will first vote on whether to withhold approval until legislation to implement the agreement has been passed. That would bring another law into play that would force Johnson to seek a Brexit delay from the European Union.
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