Brexit: May must please Eurosceptics to pass his bill

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British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday pbaded her bill on the operation of customs after Brexit, but at the cost of concessions granted to eurosceptics, and a resignation from her government.

The text was adopted in the evening by the deputies by 318 votes against 285, and must now be examined by the Lords, the upper house of the British Parliament.

This bill provides for a series of technical arrangements in the field of customs after the exit of the European Union.

Downing Street confirmed during the day to have accepted proposed changes including under the leadership of influential ultra-conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, ardent Defender of an uncompromising Brexit

"I am always happy to hear the concerns of my colleagues," said the Prime Minister to the deputies.

Remains that in satisfaction the Eurosceptics, the government exposed itself to the criticisms of the Europhiles on its own, in yet another illustration of the persistent divisions in the United Kingdom over the withdrawal of the EU.

Disagree with the concessions granted by the government, Secretary of Defense Guto Bebb left office in the evening.

"Who controls in this country? Those who do not want a responsible Brexit! "Said pro-EU conservative Anna Soubry, targeting supporters of an uncompromising EU exit.

History of putting pressure on the Prime Minister, Jacob Rees-Mogg, had not failed to support where it hurts, recalling that the Conservative government, for lack of an absolute majority in the House of Commons, is at the mercy of A Fronde

"The inevitable consequence of parliamentary arithmetic is that it will have to change (its text)," he declared.

A new referendum? [19659003] Sign of the ambient tension, the government will ask MPs Tuesday to advance a few days parliamentary holidays, which must begin next week.

Eurosceptic conservative deputies are particularly raised since the presentation by the executive of the " Checkers' plan, which provides for er a close commercial relationship with the EU once the rupture is over.

Perceived by the supporters of a tough Brexit as a deviation from the referendum that decided the exit of the EU in June 2016, this project provoked the resignations Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and Brexit David Davis, followed by other defections in the conservative ranks

Brexit Minister Dominic Raab will meet EU negotiator Michel Barnier this week to try to revive the divorce talks, which have been skating for several weeks, particularly on the question of the border in Ireland – the north, a member of the United Kingdom, to be separated from the south, member of the EU. A question that the "Checkers plan" is supposed to solve

The negotiators must reach an agreement by October, to allow the European and British parliaments to ratify it before the concretization of the Brexit, scheduled for March 29, 2019.

While time is running out and divisions remain, the idea of ​​a new referendum on EU exit is rallying more and more supporters in the UK.

The former minister of state Education Justine Greening, who had supported the continuation of the EU, said in the Times that such consultation was "the only way out of the stalemate."

This referendum would offer the British three options: either the plan negotiated by Theresa May with Brussels, either a departure without agreement with the EU, or a continuation in the EU. According to the Times, Justine Greening has the support of other conservative party Europhile figures, such as former Home Secretary Amber Rudd and former Justice Minister Dominic Grieve.

Justine Greening is the First Member of Parliament Conservative of this level to support a second referendum, which also claim the Liberal Democrats and the Greens, two small Europhile groups. As for the main opposition party, Labor, it has not ruled out this possibility, but it is regularly rejected by Theresa May.