British Parliament backed Theresa May in her attempt to reopen Brexit negotiations

With great differences within the company due to the imminent exit of the European Union, the UK is going through a critical moment. However, he gradually begins to find some points of consensus allowing him to take his first steps. On Tuesday, the British Parliament supported Prime Minister Theresa May by approving an amendment allowing her to demand the reopening of negotiations for the Brexit, despite the fact that Brussels refuses to do so.

A majority of British MPs strongly backed May so that she could demand from the EU new concessions in the Brexit deal. May's Conservative Party and Partners in the Unionist Democratic Party of Northern Ireland (DUP) Join to Endorse by 317 votes to 301 an amendment that allows the government to find an alternative solution allowing it, in reality, to avoid the return to the "hard border" between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

"It will not be easy to negotiate and I know that there is a limited appetite for these changes within the European Union, but now the deputies have clearly stated what they wanted, "said May after the session.

May is confident that the message sent by British MPs will serve to clarify "in Brussels" the conditions required by Parliament to ratify an exit agreement and away from the ghost of a non-negotiated Brexit. "We have the opportunity to show the European Union what it takes to overcome this confusion," added the president.

The Prime Minister, who had rejected in recent weeks the possibility to ask Brussels to change the agreement sealed at the end of November, has changed its strategy. defended the need to seek changes "significant and legally binding" in the text.

Anticipating the difficulties he will have to force the hand of Brussels, May will return to Parliament on February 13 to present the measures he intends to take if by then. the changes have not been made who claims

May's solution: look for an "alternative arrangement" for the border with Ireland

The May proposal is to completely review the most controversial point of the text: the "backstop", aimed at avoid a new frontier on the island of Ireland.

The "backstop" states that the UK remains in a customs union with the EU. And this can be canceled only by mutual agreement of the two parties, which makes fear the British Eurosceptics get caught in European networks indefinitely.