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By JILL LAWLESS | The Associated Press
LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May said Tuesday that her plan to maintain close ties with the EU "keeps faith absolutely" with the voters' decision to leave the bloc, while She was trying to restore government unity May has spent the past few days fighting for her political life while Brexit's first secretary, David Davis, and the secretary of state for foreign affairs, Boris Johnson, resigned, saying that May plans for future relations with the European Union to their idea of Brexit. On Tuesday, two other lawmakers followed them to the door.
Johnson Monday sent a firefighter resigning letter accusing May of killing "the Brexit's dream" and waving "white flags" of capitulation.
May, who tried to keep her calm and continue, replaced Johnson with a loyalist, former Health Minister Jeremy Hunt, and entrusted Davis' work to Dominic Raab in a bid to consolidate his authority.
Tuesday, before attending a summit of the Western Balkans in London with other European leaders
The May plan aims to keep the UK and the EU in an area free trade for goods and urges Great Britain to maintain the same rules. At a press conference on Tuesday, May maintained her plan "absolutely keep the faith with the vote of the British people", ending the free movement of people from the EU, pulling Britain out of European jurisdiction. "But we are going to do it in a way that will be a smooth and orderly Brexit, a Brexit that protects jobs, protects livelihoods and also meets our expectations." Many pro-Brexit lawmakers are furious with a plan that they believe will prevent Britain from forging an independent economic path. Two conservative lawmakers, Maria Caulfield and Ben Bradley, resigned as party vice presidents on Tuesday to oppose May's proposals. Bradley called on May to "deliver Brexit in the spirit as well as in the name."
But senior ministers of the pro-Brexit Cabinet said that they supported May and would not resign. When asked about his intention to resign, environmental secretary Michael Gove said "absolutely not".
Conservative MP Michael Fallon, an ally of May, rejected Johnson's rallying cry "Brexit dream"
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Under Conservative Party rules, a vote of confidence in a leader can be triggered if 15% of Conservative legislators – currently 48 – write a letter asking for one.
Fallon warned the conservative rebels that a challenge to May's leadership is "the last thing we need."
Two years after Great Britain voted from 52% to 48% to leave the European Union between two diametrically opposed opinions – within his party and the country – on the United Kingdom's relations with the United Kingdom. Europe
Pro-Europeans want to maintain close economic ties with the bloc and its market of 500 million people. He wants a clean break to allow the conclusion of new trade agreements in the world.
The British government is expected to release a detailed version of its plans on Thursday. The EU says it will respond once it has seen the details.
"It's a good thing we have proposals on the table," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the Balkan summit in London. EU resignations began Thursday in a week that includes a NATO summit starting Wednesday and a visit to the UK by US President Donald Trump from Thursday.
The transatlantic relationship has been going through difficult times since the election of Trump. He criticized May for his reaction to terrorism and his approach to Brexit, and he infuriated many in Britain when he retweeted a far-right group.
Asked on Tuesday whether May should be replaced as prime minister, Trump "
" I get along very well with her, I have a very good relationship, "he said .
He was more excited about Johnson, calling him "a friend of mine."
"He was very, very kind to me, very supportive, maybe I'll talk to him when I get there," Trump said.
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