Brexit: towards a new referendum?

After two years of government quarrels and other parliamentary dissensions over the Brexit, the idea that only a new referendum will be able to decide on the future of the country is gaining ground in the United Kingdom. Former Minister of Education Justine Greening became Monday one of the most influential supporters of organizing such a ballot, known as "People's Vote", and who, little by little, rallies more and more supporters. "The only way out of the stalemate is to withdraw the final decision on the Brexit from the hands of the politicians (…) and return it to the people," said the Conservative MP in the Times .

Its position comes after the Conservative government's publication of the "Checkers Plan", a proposal to maintain close commercial ties with the continent after Brexit, scheduled for March 29, 2019. This project prompted government resignations and threats of rebellion among eurosceptic MEPs, causing some European diplomats to fear that London would never finally be able to reach an agreement on divorce.

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"We are stuck"

Fervent defender of the European Union, former Labor Prime Minister Tony Blair gave his voice this weekend to call for a new vote, saying that the executive no would never have the support needed to implement his "Checkers Plan". "We are stuck. In any rational world (…) it would be up to the people to make the decision, "he said. The idea of ​​a new referendum, after that of June 23, 2016 that had decided to 52% of the exit of the EU, is also supported by former Conservative Prime Minister John Major, by the former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, a centrist, or by former Labor Foreign Minister David Miliband

Beyond the positions taken, the movement for a second referendum is organized: at the end of June in London, are tens of thousands of people who have protested to ask for a vote on the final terms of withdrawal of the UK from the EU. In April, nine pro-EU organizations launched a joint campaign to promote a new consultation which, in concrete terms, would either agree to Theresa May's orientations or remain in the EU. Tony Blair and Justine Greening argue for the presence of a third option on the bulletin: the possibility of leaving the EU without agreement with Brussels, a path also defended by some hard-core breeders. The Labor opposition, not spared by Brexit divisions, has so far refused to exclude a new referendum, unlike Theresa May. "Under no circumstances", insisted Monday the spokesman of the Prime Minister.

Change in public opinion

A change is however noticeable in public opinion: according to the YouGov institute, the The percentage of people who felt that Brexit was not the right decision is now higher than that of people who think otherwise. Some opponents of a new referendum are also beginning to think that this might be the right way out of the almost daily state of crisis in which the British executive finds himself. William Hague, an influential figure of conservatives, warned eurosceptics last week by saying that this solution would become inevitable in case of rebellion against the prime minister. "We're getting to the point where they're endangering everything they've tried to get," he said on the BBC, citing different scenarios for the future: "no Brexit, Brexit rejected, indefinitely, change of government, second referendum … "

One of the most ardent supporters of Brexit, Nigel Farage, former leader of the Europhobic party Ukip, himself raised a new vote. Based on a confirmation of the Brexit, he felt that it would reduce the silence of the "jeremiads" of each other. Before moving backward