The European Union gives mandate to Britain until October 31 to apply Brexit – 04/10/2019

The European Union (EU) has reached an agreement tonight in Brussels so that the new Brexit date is October 31, the night of Halloween.

Far from a one-year extension, until March 2020, requested by the President of the European Council Donald Tusk and with a favorable look at Germany, and far from the short extension of few weeks requested by France.

The UK could leave the bloc sooner if it approved by parliamentary means the withdrawal agreement that its government concluded with the EU and which was rejected three times by the House of Commons. municipalities.

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The agreement reached is a consensus between the impatience of Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel's fear of chaos. Nearly three years after its launch, the Brexit saga began dividing Europeans.

Nobody wants to take responsibility for the disaster that would cause a jump into the British vacuum, but if the majority chooses to buy time and make the ball in London, some resist a game they consider dangerous for the future of the game. EU.

The division between the European leaders does not really concern the nature of the agreement signed with London nor the prolongation more or less long extension, although it is transmitted in public.

The big division is between those who are secretly waiting for a long extension opening the door to the revocation of the process (even with a second referendum) and those who take for granted the British exit and want to leave the issue aside for the # 39; future.

Theresa May told her counterparts that she is negotiating with the Labor opposition in order to advance in Parliament the agreement she has reached with the EU, which has already been rejected three times. Enough explanation for those who came convinced to grant a long extension. Insufficient for those who want to see concrete plans.

The leaders of the other 27 countries lost confidence last May and knew that the Prime Minister was living on the run and that their heads could roll at any moment, but none of them want to be held responsible for pushing the British to the brink. of the precipice. This sudden break can cause economic damage that the UK has not seen for decades and poison its relations with the European bloc for generations.

Not all governments have demonstrated the same flexibility. The French, supported at least by the Austrians, Swedes and Luxembourgers, demanded clarifications, concrete projects and, above all, that an extension does not hinder the normal functioning of the EU.

French diplomacy has told the press that "a null agreement is better than sacrificing the proper functioning of the European Union," paraphrasing the "best deal no more than the bad deal" that the brexiters have used for two years and finally had to sneak.

The 27 had proposed on October 31 to Theresa May, who had to accept to avoid a sudden exit this Friday. This date obliges the United Kingdom to organize European elections on May 23rd.

If you do not do it on June 30, it will be your last day as an EU member. In any case, his departure would occur before the renewal of the management positions of the bloc, because at the end of the year, the new European Commission was to take office.

After setting the date, the bloc's leaders outlined the conditions that will force London to grant him this extension. All to avoid that the United Kingdom, still in the European Union through these extensions, is bothered by the threat of the most Europhobic brexiters for weeks.

The draft conclusions document, which was discussed at midnight by European leaders, contained a paragraph demanding that London behave well and another in which it is guaranteed that the EU will begin to be managed in practice in 27 country without the United Kingdom. although legally he is a member more and retains all the rights that membership in the block gives him.

As if London had become the capital of a banana republic whose fate is decided in a room where it is not present.