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LONDON (Reuters) – US Prime Minister Theresa May will let members know on Monday that she faces a tough choice: either support the deal she negotiated or she reject it, and bring Britain back to square one with "more division and more uncertainty".
British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at a press conference following an extraordinary summit of European leaders to finalize and formalize the Brexit agreement in Brussels, Belgium, on 25 November 2018 REUTERS / Piroschka van de Wouw
May reached an agreement with the EU on Sunday for an agreement providing for Britain to leave the bloc with close and maintained trade relations, an agreement that was rejected by the Labor Party of Opposition and Other critics, even his allies in Northern Ireland.
The future of this agreement, which would bring about the most significant change in British foreign and trade policy for more than 40 years, is now back in the UK Parliament, deeply divided over how the country should leave the EU. The odds seem superimposed on May.
"The negotiation was long and complex. It was necessary to give and take on both sides. That's the nature of a negotiation, "she will say in Parliament, according to excerpts from her statement.
"And I can tell the House (Commons) with the absolute certainty that there is no better deal available … there is a choice that MPs will have to make," he said. she asked them to support the agreement and allow Britain to "move on".
"Or this House may choose to reject this agreement and return to square one … This would open the door to more division and more uncertainty, with all the risks that would entail."
May has promised to sell the deal to the UK public and warns MEPs that if Britain refuses to do so, it risks leaving the EU without an agreement – a fact that companies say could harm the fifth largest economy World.
The EU has also been clear: there is very little readiness to reopen the Brexit negotiations if Parliament votes against it.
His project will face the opposition of Eurosceptics and Europhiles in the 314 deputies of his party and about 313 deputies of the opposition parties. The ten deputies of the Democratic Unionist Party, supporters of the Northern Ireland government, said they would vote this weekend against the deal.
May have to get a simple majority in parliament – 320 votes if all active MPs introduce themselves and vote – but the old whips, who have been studying parliamentary calculations for a long time, believe that the prime minister may only need 305 votes if we take into account diseases and abstentions. .
The Prime Minister has shown little sign of a change of tactics to try to win favors, but will deploy some of the weapons in her arsenal to try to convince MPs.
But even some of his assistants say that they know it will not be an easy task and that May will just try to persuade people by putting forward her main message.
"I think our national interest is clear. The British people want us to reach an agreement that respects the referendum and allows us to meet again as a country, regardless of the method used to vote, "she said.
"This is this case. An agreement that meets the expectations of the British people. "
Reportage by Elizabeth Piper; Edited by Raissa Kasolowsky
