UK Parliament agrees on final Brexit deal paving the way to be the first country to leave the EU
After years of acrimonious debate, British lawmakers on Wednesday finally approved the terms of their country's historic departure from the European Union — due in just nine days time.
In a series of votes on Wednesday, the Commons — where Johnson' s Conservatives have a large majority — rejected all five amendments and sent the bill back to the Lords, who then reluctantly agreed to back down. His predecessor, Theresa May, negotiated a Brexit deal with Brussels in 2018 but the Commons rejected it three times, forcing her to resign.
The result, with Johnson, returned to office on a thumping majority, fundamentally upended the dynamic and MPs swiftly backed the deal.One amendment sought to alter the government's scheme to register around 3.6 million EU citizens living in Britain, to give them physical documents proving their right to stay.
But the shape of that future relationship remains unresolved — and negotiating it could pose an even bigger challenge than agreeing on the divorce. He wants to both preserve free-flowing commerce between Britain and its largest trading partner across the Channel, and strike agreements with other countries — namely the United States.
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