Tom Mctague, (2018), “Fog of Brexit war can’t hide Brussels’ win”, politico.eu, 15 Νοεμβρίου
After 18 months of fractious negotiations, the U.K. prime minister squeaked her Brexit deal through her divided top team Wednesday and now faces yet another struggle to survive, let alone steer the deal through an angry parliament that must sign off the divorce treaty in the coming weeks.
Theresa May’s fate now rests on her ability to win support for the deal from the public and parliament — both of which remain deeply cynical about the agreement. With the Brexiteer wing of her party increasingly hostile, May is relying on the support of moderate backbench Conservative MPs — and the Labour Party — to get her deal through parliament, and neither on Wednesday appeared willing to come to her aid.
In Brussels, chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier hailed “decisive progress,” a signal to European Council President Donald Tusk to call a special summit of EU leaders later this month in order to formally approve the agreement.
Underneath the obfuscating political fog sits a 585-page draft international treaty that protects the EU’s economic interests and inches it closer to its long-term political objectives, while leaving the U.K. as boxed in as ever by its own red lines. The central choices of Brexit remain, delayed but starkly unavoidable as the U.K. looks to begin negotiations to settle its future relationship with the European Union.
Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις
- European Commission, (2018), «Brexit Negotiations: What is in the Withdrawal Agreement», 14 Νοεμβρίου
- Editorial Board of Bloomberg, (2018), «May’s Brexit Deal Is Not the Answer», Bloomberg, 15 Νοεμβρίου