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The UK is struggling to find a clear line

In the case of the Brexit Treaty, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May presents on Monday (16.30) your "Plan B". The head of government intends to submit t

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The UK is struggling to find a clear line

In the case of the Brexit Treaty, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May presents on Monday (16.30) your "Plan B". The head of government intends to submit to the house of new proposals to bring to the exit agreement with the EU, after the significant vote defeat last Tuesday, but through Parliament.

A sticking point in the negotiations, the in-Brexit-agreement-written catch-all solution for the boundary between the British province of Northern Ireland and Ireland. A media report says that plans May have a bilateral Treaty with Ireland in order to circumvent the controversial scheme.

The so-called Backstop provides that the United Kingdom remains in a customs Union with the EU, if no agreement is made. The Brexit-hard-liners fear that the UK would remain bound indefinitely to the EU.

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After may's presentation to the house of Commons cross-party group wants to bring under the leadership of the Labour MPs Yvette Cooper and Conservative Nick Boles an Amendment for further negotiations with the EU, should the Parliament in may's new proposal on 29. January decline. So the rebels want to delay the Brexit, and a disorderly exit the EU to prevent that.

The Conservative Dominic Grieve wants to win, according to the British "Times" with a further request to ensure that article 50 of the EU Treaty shall be temporarily suspended also to time. The article provides for the withdrawal of a country from the Union. As this suspension is to be effected, was from the Text not clearly.

In Downing Street 10 - Mays headquarters - it is about the plans of the Anti-Brexit-rebels obviously not pleased. "Any attempt to deprive government of the Power to meet this historically significant point in time, the legal conditions for an orderly exit (from the EU), is in the highest degree of concern," - quoted by the BBC on Sunday from government circles. There is the risk that the Parliament could stop a Brexit.

laboratory open to Alternatives to elections

The Labour party is sticking to its demand for new elections, but is open to Alternatives, such as the Brexit-the Minister in the shadow Cabinet, Keir Starmer, on Saturday said. His party must keep the possibility of a second referendum, said Starmer.

In the UK, the possibility of a loss of the election does not appear urns far-fetched. Three members of the Mays Cabinet had told the "Financial Times" (Friday) that a new election is possible. Government employees that were discussed in last week's emergency plans.

Whether a new election, Labour would benefit the party, is unclear. According to an unpublished survey of a EU-friendly Lobby group, which was leaked to the Guardian, would Labour with a clear partisanship for a continued UK membership of the EU, not voters.

The Tory hardliners and May-critic Jacob Rees-Mogg urged in the tabloid newspaper "Daily Mail" on Sunday to bring the Prime Minister, first of all, your own party. To do this, you need to get further concessions from the EU, mainly to the exit costs as well as to Northern Ireland.

"may seem attractive to want to Pro-European Labour members of the Hand, a woman may can only come to the target, if it wins the Tory rebels for itself," said Rees-Mogg.

plans for the Treaty with Ireland

Mays concept should contain, according to "the Times", among other things, plans for a Treaty of great Britain with Ireland, to avoid the Problem of a new frontier between the British province of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

such A contract is to convince Tory-Harliner as the Northern Irish DUP, its Deputy Mays government in Parliament support. As this Treaty with EU law is to be compatible, was not told. Irish government circles, "the Times said," a bilateral agreement was "nothing we would consider".

after car bomb

also, the Explosion of a car bomb prepared politicians in Belfast on Saturday in the city centre, the Northern Irish city of Londonderry. Although according to the current information, no one was injured. But it has been speculated on political backgrounds.

In the UK there is the worry that the conflict in Northern Ireland between Irish nationalists and pro-British unionists could flare up in the case of a re-introduction of border controls.

The DUP Chairman, Arlene Foster condemned the "senseless act of terror" on Twitter. Also, Elisha McCallion, members of Parliament Fine in the sense that said, Londonderry is a city on the rise, "and nobody wants such an incident".

foreign Ministers of the EU will discuss

Against the Background of the unclear situation to the Brexit, the foreign Ministers of the EU on Monday. The issue is not officially on the agenda, but is expected to be on the verge of an intense discussion. Officially, the Minister deal with the situation after the disputed election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the ongoing conflict in Venezuela. Another topic is the protection against false information and influence by third countries such as Russia before the European elections in may.

In addition to want to prepare Europe's chief diplomats of the EU summits with the Arab League in February in Egypt. On the sidelines of the Ministerial meeting, the EU wants to lock in addition, sanctions against four Russians, five Syrians and an organization due to use and development of chemical weapons. Including the two alleged Russian secret agents, which should have poisoned in March of last year, the former double agent Sergei Skripal in the UK.

Merkel advertises for Brexit-compromise

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged the EU to find a compromise with the UK in the Brexit debate. You will respect that the UK no longer wished to be a member of the EU, said Merkel on Saturday at the CDU national Congress in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Rostock.

"But we also have a responsibility to not make this separation process as responsible, that you shake in 50 years about us the head and says, 'Why were the not able to find a compromise," she said in allusion to the danger of a disorderly EU outlet UK. You will, therefore, work to the last day for an orderly Brexit.

Merkel had demanded that the British government had to say, what you do after the failed ratification of the negotiated agreement Emerges in the British house of Commons. Then the EU could react. "I will work to ensure that we have the best of relationships," she said. The UK remain part of Europe and should remain a close Partner of the EU. There is today a "wonderful cooperation, especially in security issues. (anf/afp)

Created: 20.01.2019, 19:59 PM

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