Brexit: May's bargain with Labor stagnates

Negotiations to reach a parliamentary agreement for a Brexit negotiated with the European Union to avoid a divorce without agreement remained stalled yesterday, following Labor's criticism of the Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May, not to accept changes to her plan. However, the dialogue continued and the government and the opposition were hoping to reach an agreement before the summit of the bloc 's state leaders next Wednesday.
Downing Street insisted that the dialogue should be conducted without red lines and with an "open mind", but the Labor Party ensures that May is not willing to offer a "real commitment". Economy Minister Philip Hammond has been optimistic about the possibility of reaching a consensus allowing a new extension of Brussels. "Most of the colleagues I speak to agree that we would need more time to complete this process, so I am optimistic about Wednesday's European Council," he said when he arrived at the meeting. EU ministers of the Economy and Finance. yesterday in Bucharest May requested a further extension until June 30, which would force the UK to participate in the elections to the European Parliament. France, meanwhile, runs the hard wing of the block and does not want to grant another postponement. At the same time, the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has proposed a prolongation of a flexible year, which expires when the UK is ready to leave the EU.

At the edge of the abyss. If Brussels does not grant a further extension, the UK will leave the bloc without agreement on Friday 12 April. According to estimates by the Guardian newspaper, British gross domestic product would fall by 3.9% in the case of "wild Brexit", while that of Ireland would fall by 3.8% and that of the EU 1.5%. London should pay customs duties to export its products to the 27 EU partners. Currently, 48% of its exports are destined for EU countries. For its part, can impose tariffs on European imports, which would go against the pockets of consumers, increasing the price of these products.
"The effects of a tough Brexit on the UK economy will be uneven – some companies and some sectors are less vulnerable than others – in general the effects would be very damaging." In a letter this week, Mark Sedwill, cabinet secretary and head of the UK government, warned that in the case of a Brexit without agreement, the country would be hit by a recession and by the depreciation of the pound sterling. "More damaging" than the crisis 2008, "explained Richard Caplan, professor of international relations at Oxford University.
The main claim of the party led by Jeremy Corbyn is to agree on a customs union with the rest of the EU countries. Such a solution would alleviate the need for border controls in Northern Ireland, while limiting the UK's ability to negotiate trade agreements with other countries.
The Eurosceptics of the Conservative Party oppose this proposal and want to precipitate a Brexit without agreement, to please the 17 million Britons who voted for permission.

They remove the caption of the European Union in the new pbadports

The new British pbadports, in circulation since March 30, do not include the mention "European Union" (EU), announced Saturday the Ministry of the Interior, although the Brexit, originally scheduled for 29 March, has not been announced yet. On Friday, a Briton appealed to the ministry on Twitter to say that she was "really dismayed" by the cover of her new pbadport. "We are still in the EU Why does not my new pbadport reflect it?" Wondered Susan Hindle Barone.
"Pbadports loaded that do not carry the words" European Union "were put into circulation on March 30," said the Interior Ministry in a statement. "To put an end to the remaining stocks, pbadports with the mention of the European Union will continue to be issued for a short time before that date," he added. Both models would be valid for traveling.
The UK had to leave the EU on March 29, two years after the activation of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty governing the departure of a member state. But in March, Theresa May's government asked for the postponement of this date in order to avoid the possible chaos of a Brexit without an agreement that would have ended overnight and without a transitional period of 46 years of membership. to the EU.