a few seconds agoBritish Parliament Votes Plan to Speed up Brex
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(7 years ago)Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that the government will withdraw legislation relating to the agreement reached with the European Union for Brex until the bloc decides whether it will provide a postponement of the planned date for Britain's secession of October 31st. Speaking after parliament's decision to reject [...] plans.
Speaking after parliament's decision to reject government plans to speed up adoption of legislation by Thursday next week, Mr. Johnson said that “The EU must now wonder how it will respond to the British Parliament's request to delay the”.
I will talk to EU member states and until they make a decision we will stop the process of adopting the law. Let me be clear, we continue to maintain that there should be no delays in this direction”He said.
Initially, it appeared British Prime Minister Boris Johnson passed an obstacle Tuesday when lawmakers adopted in principle his draft law on removing the country from the European Union. But another parliament vote Tuesday evening on an accelerated deadline for secession marred its plans to remove Britain from the bloc on October 31st. / VoA
