BREAKING: Britain's Parliament votes to reject having the country leave the European Union without a divorce agreement, a decision that lessens but does not remove the chance of a chaotic 'no-deal' Brexit.
Britain’s Parliament has voted to reject having the country leave the European Union without a divorce agreement, a decision that lessens but does not remove the chance of a chaotic “no-deal” Brexit.
British lawmakers now plan to vote Thursday on whether to ask the EU to delay the country’s March 29 departure day.Dutch authorities have demonstrated a digital system for completing customs forms that ferry terminals in the Netherlands are mandating to try to minimize disruptions following Brexit. Dutch Overseas Trade Minister Sigrid Kaag says the Netherlands is well prepared for Brexit, but urged foreign transport companies to be ready for changes at Dutch ports.French President Emmanuel Macron says the British Parliament’s second rejection of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit agreement with the European Union is “regrettable.”
He said the British government has “to explain to us what the point of it is, and in particular whether it adds anything.”The European Union has adopted contingency measures in case Britain leaves the bloc as scheduled on March 29 without a withdrawal deal in place, and the procedures would bring changes overnight to both sides of the English Channel.
Belgian EU legislator Tom Vandenkendelaere described the alternate procedures as “the typical measures you would take in a state of emergency, and that are also only taken for a temporary, for a strict period in time with strict conditions as well.”British expats on Spain’s Costa del Sol are fretting about what Brexit might entail for them, now that the U.K. Parliament has rejected the deal negotiated on their country’s departure from the European Union.
Mick Robinson, an apartment owner in Spain for the past 13 years, says the current situation is “very worrying.”The Spanish government says some 300,000 Britons are legally resident in Spain.Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says any delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union should be as short as possible, though he isn’t specifying any date.
Merkel stressed Wednesday that “it is in our mutual interest that we achieve an orderly departure,” though “the options have of course become fewer” after British lawmakers rejected the painstakingly negotiated EU divorce deal. Farage said that “I don’t want me coming back here” and called for the EU to reject an extension and make sure the U.K. leaves on time.The British prime minister who set the Brexit process in motion is warning that leaving the European Union without a deal would be disastrous for the U.K.
He advises the prime minister to seek “partnership deals” within Parliament that might lead to a solution of the Brexit impasse.Germany’s economy minister says a decisive rejection of a no-deal Brexit by British lawmakers could be a “turning point” and create hope for millions. As part of the plan, the government says there would be no tariffs on 87 percent of imports by value, a “modest liberalization” compared with current trade rules.
He said that “we are waiting now for a proposal coming from London. It is now in London that they have to find a way out of this and break the deadlock.”The European Union’s economic commissioner says the British parliament has squandered its last chance to secure a deal smoothing the way for Brexit.
Moscovici said Tuesday’s vote increases chances of a British departure that is “disorderly, brutal, like a cliff,” including sudden new customs rules and trade chaos.Germany’s foreign minister says the U.K. Parliament’s rejection of the Brexit deal negotiated on Britain’s departure from the European Union was “reckless.”
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