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Brexit is once again a hot topic on the island. Despite the crown crisis, a battered economy and the permanent danger of the UK falling apart. New negotiations with the EU begin on Tuesday and no deal is in sight.
A follow-up agreement is urgently needed! British MEPs have cleared their offices in Brussels, but by the end of the year there is (again) the threat of a no-deal Brexit. Then the transition period expires, during which all EU rules still apply. Previous negotiations have been unsuccessful.
Just in time for the new round of negotiations, the government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (56) has now returned to its usual sharp tone.
Brexit Boris threatens not to reach an agreement
More speed, more accommodating: this is what Boris Johnson demands of the EU. If there is no follow-up deal by mid-October, the UK would be ready to accept it and proceed without a trade deal, it announced on Monday. How is it going then? “Then we have a trade deal with the EU like Australia,” Johnson said. He thinks it would be a “good result” for the British. The government is preparing itself and its borders and ports for this.
“We will have total control over our laws, our rules, our fishing. We will have the freedom to make trade agreements with any country in the world ”, enthuses Johnson.
However, it leaves a back door open, even if London supposedly does not want to extend the negotiation period: of course they are always ready to talk to “our friends from the EU”.
The government is apparently questioning the Brexit deal
Over the weekend, the “Financial Times” also reported: A British law could challenge the exit treaty from the European Union with Great Britain. The planned Internal Market Act aims to remove “the legal force of parts of the exit agreement” on state aid and Northern Ireland customs – and deliberately! The two affected clauses in the Brexit deal are delicate: they are meant to avoid a hard border between British Northern Ireland and the EU state, Ireland. For years, that was the tough nut to crack in the Brexit dispute, until Boris Johnson agreed to the special rules against the will of Brexit supporters.
Consequently, Brussels is horrified. The head of the EU, Ursula von der Leyen (61), called on Britain to abide by the Brexit deal: this is an obligation under international law and a prerequisite for the future partnership between Britain and the EU. The chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier (69), again criticized the British. He would like “the best of both worlds.”
The British return in a hurry. Ireland’s clauses are not in jeopardy, Environment Minister George Eustice (48) said on Monday. The British government only wants to “tie up a loose end or two when legal certainty is required.” The EU will insist on this too.
