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British House of Commons: Johnson reaches compromise on controversial internal market law

2020-09-22T21:38:06.284Z


Boris Johnson wants to break Brexit agreements with a law. The Prime Minister has now found a compromise with the House of Commons. The vote is still pending.


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Boris Johnson in the House of Commons

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The House of Commons is ready to compromise: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's controversial internal market law has cleared another hurdle in the London Parliament.

Johnson wants to use the law to partially nullify the current Brexit deal with the EU.

A majority of MPs approved a compromise between the prime minister and his critics in London on Tuesday, so that there was no longer a formal vote on their request.

Several Conservative MPs who had previously spoken out against Johnson's plans also agreed to this.

The head of government had previously taken a step towards the dissenters.

He had assured them a further vote in parliament in the event that the measures provided for in the law for an emergency should actually be used - essentially what the critics had asked for.

After the MPs in the lower house had already voted in favor of the law in a first vote last week and the compromise has now been approved, the final decision is still pending: the vote in the lower house is to take place in the coming week, before that House of Lords will debate it.

If amendments come from there, it could even end up in the House of Commons again.

Further trouble with the law

The new compromise does not mean that there is now unity in the House of Commons.

"I cannot support this law," ex-Prime Minister Theresa May said in the House of Commons on Monday.

The government is jeopardizing "the integrity of the United Kingdom" without considering the consequences for the country's reputation in the world.

The opposition railed against the government on Tuesday as "legislative hooligans".

Specifically, the law deals with special rules for the British Northern Ireland, which are intended to prevent a hard border with the EU state Ireland and new hostilities there.

For the EU, Johnson's move is a breach of the law.

Brussels therefore asked London to give in by the end of September.

Critics fear that the planned law could be the end of the intended trade agreement between the EU and Great Britain, which is supposed to regulate future economic relations.

After the end of the Brexit transition phase, there is a risk of a hard break with tariffs and high trade barriers without a contract.

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Source: spiegel

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