Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament

Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by jcriddle4 on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @04:03PM (#18915219)

For many Pro-Brexit people they felt May's deal didn't really leave the EU. A very major sticking point is that provisions in the exit agreement, refereed to as the "backstop", that in theory and possibly in practice could legally trap the UK in a half completed transition deal forever with the UK always subject to EU rules. Overall the agreement May put forward is basically an agreement to start the next phase of negotiations to start discussions on a transition agreement which would maybe hopefully be finished by the year 2020 or 2021 or a day after never. Also paying 39 billion pounds and not knowing what the next phase of negotiations would deliver.

For Remainers(Anti-Brexit) the agreement was to start the process to leave the EU so of course those people didn't like the agreement either.

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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by jandrese on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @05:08PM (#18915969)

My understanding from Brussels is that there is no second phase of negotiations. They just voted for a hard Brexit.

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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by Tomte on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @06:11PM (#18916596)

There can even be no extension of Article 50 for more than a few weeks, because we're electing the European Parliament in May. If the UK is still in the EU by then they need to elect MEPs, as well.

But their seats have already been agreed to be distributed to smaller countries who were underrepresented so far.

It would be a complete clusterfuck, including doubts whether any legislative action would survive court, if the UK isn't properly represented (either because they don't care anymore and don't hold elections, or they simply cannot organize elections on such short notice).

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