2 minutes agoBritain may cancel Brexet
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)A senior European Court of Justice adviser said Britain still has the right to withdraw the decision to exit the European Union, or Brex, unilaterally. The senior legal official, Manuel Campos Sanchez-Cordona, declared his views Tuesday, before the British Parliament voted on December 11th on the Brex agreement that [...]
A senior European Court of Justice adviser said Britain still has the right to withdraw the decision to exit the European Union, or Brex, unilaterally.
The senior legal official, Manuel Campos Sanchez-Cordona, announced his views Tuesday, before the British Parliament votes the Brex agreement, which British Prime Minister Theresa May reached with the EU on December 11th.
Sanchez-Cordona is one of 11 legal advisers at the European Court of Justice, and the court usually follows their advice.
Unbinding opinion was given after a group of Scottish politicians asked the court if Great Britain could cancel Brex without the consent of other EU member states.
The European Court of Justice's statement says Sanchez-Cordona has proposed that the court “declares Article 50 [i.e.] of the EU Treaty] allows unilateral withdrawal of the EU exit announcement”.
The decision to withdraw from an international treaty, as well as the unilateral revote of that decision is an act of sovereignty”, Sanchez-Cordona said.
This possibility continues to exist until the departure agreement officially concluded”, it said in its statement.
The European Court of Justice will issue the final decision in the coming weeks.
Prime Minister May's government said the issue is purely hypothetical, as it has no intention of canceling the Brex decision.
But the random initialists said lawmakers should be aware of all options when they vote on the Brex agreement.
Great Britain must leave the EU on 29 March of next year, but the agreement negotiated with the EU must be backed by majority MPs in the British Parliament to take effect.
May argues that its agreement will provide close economic ties with the EU and enable Britain to trade freely with the rest of the world, meeting voters' requirements for Brex to end free movement and reduce immigration in Britain.
The agreement, however, has led to the resignation of several ministers of its cabinet and has rebelled lawmakers of May's party, Tory.
May and the European Union have said that if the British Parliament votes against the agreement, Britain risks coming out of the bloc without an agreement on the terms of divorce.
In this case, Britana's legal, security and economic ties with the EU would be cut off on March 29th, 2019 potentially cutting off flights, leaving migrants without rights and blocking goods on borders. / REL/
