May began with a headwind during a crucial meeting «DiePresse.com

Prime Minister Theresa May faces violent headwinds ahead of the UK cabinet meeting on the draft Brexit Treaty. Conservative MPs called on Cabinet members to reject the bill and threatened to block Parliament. May, on the other hand, argued on Wednesday that the Brexit bill was in line with the British people's vote.

May will not give a press conference Wednesday night with a statement on Brexit's draft contract. That's what British Police Minister Nick Hurd said in London. However, according to a senior official, a brief statement from May after the Cabinet meeting is scheduled. On Thursday, the Prime Minister wants to inform Parliament.

Rumors of suspicion motion against May

May's cabinet has been discussing this document with her cabinet since the afternoon. That the government accepts the agreement is completely open. Negotiators from the EU and the UK had already negotiated the text. But there is still no political approval.

At the same time, several British media speculated Wednesday on information from conservative circles on an impending motion of censure against Prime Minister Theresa May. Rumors circulated in the evening during the Cabinet discussions in London on the draft agreement on Brexit.

"A senior conservative told me that the wrath of the Brexit supporters was so great that a call for a vote of censure seemed likely (tomorrow)," wrote BBC reporter Laura Kuenssberg on Twitter Wednesday night. Corresponding letters from 48 conservative parliamentarians would be needed for a motion of censure.

From the British point of view, it is not only a question of leaving the European Union, but also of the fate of May's government. Some British ministers would have "big reservations" about the project. The media speculated on possible resignations. For May, this could be dangerous, especially if important cabinet members, such as Trade Minister Liam Fox or Brexit Minister Dominic Raab, should step down.

The move to resolve the Irish question in the draft is likely to be controversial. The question is how to prevent border controls between British Northern Ireland and Ireland, a member of the EU, after Brexit.

After tough negotiations over the past few months, May's office announced Tuesday night that Britain and the EU have agreed on a draft treaty providing for the exit of the EU. Great Britain of the EU. From Brussels it was said that a technical agreement had been concluded. There must now be an agreement on both sides at the political level.

Unacceptable compromises

Critics of the Brexit draft argue that this contains unacceptable compromises for Britain. Former ministers Boris Johnson and David Davis, who resigned in July over differences over Brexit, called on cabinet members and parliamentarians to vote against it.

One of the crucial points of the Brexit negotiations was the question of future border regulation between Ireland, an EU member, and the British province of Northern Ireland. The Irish TV channel RTE reported Tuesday, citing government circles, that an agreement had been reached to avoid a return to a fixed border.

As a result, the EU and the United Kingdom seem to be in agreement on a compromise that would temporarily provide for common EU customs rules with the UK as a whole. United Kingdom, as well as special arrangements for Northern Ireland, as long as no final trade agreement is in place.

The hard-pressed Brexit, like former Foreign Minister Johnson, are worried that Britain will definitely be tied to the EU. His country threatens to become a "vbadal state" by agreeing, Johnson told the BBC. He called his cabinet colleagues to reject the project. He himself would vote against Parliament.

"I would not be surprised to see more resignations"

The Brexit project could eventually lead to new high-level resignations. "Even if an agreement was signed by the EU, there is no guarantee that it will be accepted by the Cabinet," said Ruth Gregory, an badyst at Capital Economics. "We would not be surprised to see more resignations."

In the hours leading up to the meeting of the Council of Ministers, May had already received their ministers one after the other. Commentators felt that it was a strategy to avoid a common revolt.

The Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland (DUP), whose vote depends on May in Parliament, has threatened to break the alliance with reports of special regulations for Ireland's parliament. North. The patron of the DUP, Arlene Foster, spoke Wednesday of "troubling times". Jeffrey Donaldson of the DUP said that it was "not the good Brexit", "fundamentally undermining the constitutional and economic integrity of the United Kingdom".

Participants had to hand over their cell phones

The special session of the EU Ambbadadors in Brussels under the Austrian Presidency is now over. The atmosphere in Brussels was such that the representatives of the remaining 27 Member States and their teams had to hand over their mobile phones before the meeting under the Austrian Presidency. They had followed the discussions in London.

Diplomats would now make everything dependent on London, said the evening the board of governors.

With the green light of the British agreement, the 27 EU ambbadadors will meet in Brussels on Friday and the Brexit General Affairs Council on Monday. At the same time, no decision was taken at Wednesday's meeting on a possible special summit on Brexit. According to diplomats, this could only happen on 25 November.

(APA)