MP and former British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday accused the current government of endangering the peace in Northern Ireland, thus threatening
"the integrity of the United Kingdom"
, with her bill which partly reverts to the Brexit deal.
The Conservative MP who led the government from 2016 to mid-2019, in the midst of Brexit negotiations, described this attitude as
“reckless and irresponsible”
and warned that she would not vote for the text proposed by her successor Boris Johnson, because it
"would cause incalculable damage to the reputation of the United Kingdom".
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London has angered Europeans by presenting a bill, currently under consideration in Parliament, which partially returns to the agreement signed in January with the 27 to regulate its exit from the European Union, which comes from its own admission to a violation of international law.
The text in particular contradicts special arrangements made for Northern Ireland, in order to avoid a return to a border with the Republic of Ireland which could weaken the 1998 peace agreement which ended three decades of violence. .
"The government's desire to unilaterally abandon an international agreement that it has signed has led to questioning its will to fully respect the Good Friday Agreement"
, lambasted Theresa May during a session in Parliament, who had to resign afterwards to have come up against the thorny question of Northern Ireland itself.
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According to her, this turnaround could make that
"some communities will be less willing to trust the British government"
and in particular affect
"the will of the inhabitants of Northern Ireland to continue to be part of the United Kingdom".
Very controversial within the Conservative majority, this bill which gives the United Kingdom alone the power - supposed to be shared with Europeans - to make certain decisions in Northern Ireland yet received the initial approval of MPs last week. , only two "Tories" having voted against and 29 others - including Theresa May - abstained.
MPs will vote again on the bill next week, before it goes to “Lords” in the Upper House of Parliament for weeks of scrutiny.
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