Meuterei in his own party: Brexit-Hardliner: May ultimatum

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Monday, November 12, 2018

The question of what is happening at the Irish border is a stumbling block in the Brexit negotiations. With the EU, Prime Minister May seems to agree on a compromise. Members of their party call it an attack on the British unit.

Skeptical MEPs from their own party issued an ultimatum to Prime Minister Theresa May during the Brexit talks. They ask May, in a Sunday Telegraph article, to change their Irish compromise. If May does not give in, about 80 Brexit supporters from conservative conservatives and the North Protestant party, DUP, want to vote against their plans in parliament.

The stumbling block is what is happening with the border between Ireland, a member of the EU, and British Northern Ireland. The conversation is that the border will remain open and that Britain will continue to be part of the European customs union until a better solution is found. Brexit's tough guys demand that May declare this compromise unacceptable. They warn against the questioning of the British unity.

"If the government makes the historic mistake of appeasing the European Union rather than creating an independent and united Britain, we must vote against the agreement," writes Steve Baker, One of the main European skeptics of the Sunday Telegraph. "We share the Prime Minister's quest for a free trade agreement with the EU, but not at any price and certainly not at the price of our Union."

On the other hand, Ireland demands that the border with Northern Ireland remains open. The free movement of goods and pbadengers is considered essential for the continuation of the agreement on Good Friday, which ended the civil war on the Irish island in 1998. The negotiators are therefore seeking a temporary solution which should automatically come into force if there is not initially basic agreement on the subject.

The British Parliament vote on Brexit could be held later this year. The condition is that May be in agreement with the EU. Without agreement, an unregulated Brexit threatens, which would weigh heavily on trade relations between the European continent and Great Britain.

The Conservative Conservatives of May sit in the British House of Commons with 315 seats. For a majority of 320 votes are needed. The DUP has 10 members, so their support is important.

Source: n-tv.de