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Parliament did not stop the British Prime Minister’s single market law – internal party critics agreed after Johnson made further concessions to them.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial single market law has cleared another hurdle in the London Parliament. Johnson wants to use the law to partially nullify the current and painstakingly negotiated Brexit deal with the EU. Most MPs agreed to a compromise between the prime minister and his critics, so there was no longer a formal vote on his proposal.
Several Conservative MPs who had previously spoken out against Johnson’s plans also agreed with this. The head of government had already taken a step towards the dissidents and assured them of a new vote in parliament in case the measures provided for in the law for an emergency were actually used, in essence, what the rebels had requested.
Greater coordination is necessary
After MPs in the House of Commons already voted in favor of the law last week and the compromise has already been approved, the final decision is still pending: in the next week, the law will take another turn in the House of Commons. Common then the House of Lords will debate it. If the amendments come from there, it could even end up in the House of Commons again, a game of ping-pong that could take weeks.
Hard Brexit is coming
Negotiations on a trade agreement between the EU and Great Britain after the Brexit transition phase from 2021 had recently stalled mainly due to the Single Market Act, which would partially nullify the Brexit deal negotiated with the EU in 2019. The The EU sees this as a violation of the law and calls for the controversial clauses to be withdrawn at the end of September.
Critics fear that the proposed law could be the fatal blow to the planned trade deal between the EU and Britain, which will regulate future economic relations. Once the transition phase of Brexit is over, there is a risk of a break with tariffs and high no-contract trade barriers.
