UK Parliament rejected another Brexit attempt at eleven days of delay

The House of Commons had proposed to break the process of the stalemate in which it is already past Brexit – March 29, 2019 – and less than two weeks of the new limit imposed by Brussels to find a solution, April 12.

Thus, after having seized control of the parliamentary agenda last week to vote for alternative proposals, Monday, on the second day of "indicative votes", he found himself confronted with four options.

It was to leave the bloc but to remain in a customs union with the EU, to keep the country in the single European market, to hold a second referendum or simply to cancel the whole process if no agreement was reached. was concluded.

But none did more yes than no, as it had already happened during a first round indicative organized last Wednesday.

"It's the second time that the camera is looking at options on the way forward and still found the majority for none of the proposals"said the Brexit Minister, Stephen Barclay.

And he remembered that in the absence of an agreement, "The default legal position is that the UK leaves the EU in just 11 days," added brutally. He therefore called on MPs to adopt the negotiated text in May, which they have already rejected three times.

"The government still thinks it's best to do it as soon as possible," he added.

Frustrated by the inability of his Conservative MPs to make concessions to pull the country out of chaos, conservative Nick Boles, one of the architects of these unsuccessful "indicative votes," announced with tears that He left the parliamentary group.

The council of ministers will meet on Tuesday to badyze this dramatic new turn and decide whether it is possible to convene a fourth vote this week on the unpopular agreement negotiated in May with Brussels., which parliamentarians have already rejected last Friday, March 12 and January 15.

May runs a very divided Brexit government: "This is the worst example of indiscipline in the government of British political history," said Julian Smith, head of party discipline at the preservatives.

But he desperately needs to find a solution because at an exceptional summit convened on April 10 in Brussels, must present his new projects to European leaders whose patience "runs out", according to the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker.

"Brexit is an unfortunate sight, and I say it in a non-diplomatic way," said German Minister of European Relations Michael Roth.. Guy Verhofstadt, Member of the European Parliament, a reference for Brexit in the European Parliament, on Monday called on British lawmakers to "find a compromise today and put an end to chaos".

Friday, May let plan the prospect of early elections to lift the blockade. But these could prove to be catastrophic for your conservative party. According to a poll published Sunday by The Mail on Sunday, Labor would be at the top of the rankings with 41% of the vote, five points higher than the formation of the government.

May had already called for early elections in 2017, hoping to strengthen his authority before starting negotiations with the EU, but lost an absolute majority and had to join forces. to the DUP, a small party in Northern Ireland, to govern.

Although he was overthrown on Friday, his agreement on Brexit received more support than in previous votes. This is proof that he is "in the right direction," said a spokesman for Downing Street, suggesting that the Conservative leader could submit it to MPs again before returning to Brussels.

May could also ask the EU for a new longer postponement of the departure date, but this would force the UK to participate in the May European elections almost three years after the 2016 referendum in which 52% of Britons have voted. to leave the mouth.