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The British and the EU have finally agreed this week on a draft brexit agreement. The question is whether Theresa May can convince her own party – and then Parliament – to join him.
On Wednesday night, May and the rest of the government were sitting behind the famous gate at 10 Downing Street. None of the government members gave any indication of what they thought of the new agreement.
But some parties are already so furious that they are talking about trying to get rid of May as party leader, according to BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
"A strong Conservative Party source has said that the fury among Brexit fans was so great that it was likely that there would be a proposal for disapproval tomorrow," writes Kuenssberg on Twitter.
The draft agreement, which should be between 400 and 600 pages long, is the result of long and intense negotiations. It has been two and a half years since the British decided by referendum that the country should withdraw from the EU.
The central question has always been to determine the kind of relationship that the UK and the EU will maintain after the divorce.
Irish border remains open
The new MAY draft agreement has many similarities with the EEA agreement to which Norway belongs.
The project means that the British remain in a customs union with the EU – but there is a lot of confusion and strong feelings about the durability of this solution.
The customs union resolves the question of what would happen to the border between Ireland and British Northern Ireland after the announcement – the customs union allows at the border to stay open.
The agreement probably also means that the UK will comply with a multitude of European regulations to ensure equal competition on both sides of the UK chain.
Far from the goal
The agreement will meet obstacles in Mayo's party and in the National Assembly. Several members of the Mays party have openly declared to be very skeptical about the idea of a customs union with the EU.
It is quite possible that one or more members of the government may protest the draft agreement, as did former Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and the Brexit Minister David Davies this summer.
She also faces skepticism from both the local Scottish ruling forces and the DUP unionist party in Northern Ireland, as May depends on obtaining a majority in parliament.
The Labor party of the opposition party is also very skeptical. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said the deal would probably not secure British jobs or the UK market. The party will probably vote no.
Former Labor Party leader and Prime Minister Tony Blair believes the party should be in favor of a new referendum to determine whether the British still wish to leave the EU.
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