Johnson’s Brexit law under attack: “So our country loses its reputation”
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The government’s decision to circumvent the commitments on Northern Ireland made under the EU “divorce” agreement is “irresponsible, wrong in principle and dangerous in practice”, Blair and Major write in the article. “It raises questions that go beyond the impact on peace in Ireland and negotiations with Brussels for a future trade pact, calling into question the good repute of our nation.” As the international community gazes at the UK, whose word was so far accepted as inviolable, this government action is shameful in itself and embarrassing for the country “.
Brexit, EU threatens London with legal action: “Johnson withdraws the bill by the end of the month”
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The law that denies crucial aspects of the agreement on the exit of Great Britain from the EU, relating to the import-export of goods to Northern Ireland, from next January on the British border with the Union of 27, will begin to be discussed in the Chamber tomorrow of Municipalities. Where Johnson, despite the large majority obtained in the elections last December (largely thanks to the agreement reached with Brussels on Brexit), risks running into obstacles. Keir Starmer, leader of the Labor opposition, warns that his party will vote in favor of the measure only if the articles that would violate the rules of the agreement with the EU are removed. And as many as three former Conservative leaders, Theresa May and Michael Howard as well as John Major, took a strong stand against the government’s proposal.
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Wine, cheese, clothing: there is an Italy that trembles if Brexit is missed
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Justice Minister Robert Buckland minimizes that the law is only a form of “insurance policy” to be used if other attempts to resolve potential differences with the EU fail in the future, adding that, if the measure violates international agreements, he himself would give resignation. Brussels awaits the outcome of the challenge with bated breath: the European Union has given London time until the end of September to withdraw the most controversial parts of the resolution, otherwise threatening to sue Great Britain for violations of an international treaty. Meanwhile, in the next few days, negotiations between the two parties will resume for a possible free trade agreement, on which the ever more concrete danger of a “no deal” hovers, a Brexit without agreements of any kind.
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