United Kingdom and Gibraltar European Union membership referendum
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to give Parliament less consultation time before Brexit, scheduled for the end of October. Therefore, the prime minister wants to extend the usually two-week break from mid-September to around four weeks until October 14. The Queen has already agreed to his plan.
On the other hand, the lower house does not like it at all: It is mostly against a Brexit without an agreement, which Johnson wants to pull through if necessary. A group of opposition MPs had therefore filed a lawsuit against the compulsory break in a Scottish court. However, the court has now rejected this application for an injunction against the temporary closure of the British Parliament for the time being. The British news agency PA reported from the courtroom in Edinburgh.
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Similar lawsuits were filed before the High Courts in Belfast and London. Former Conservative Prime Minister John Major said he wanted to join one of the lawsuits.
Johnson successfully petitioned Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday to suspend the parliament in London from mid-September to mid-October to present his government program in a new session.
The move is highly controversial so close to the EU's exit date on October 31. The time, in which the MEPs could still prevent an unregulated Brexit by legislative process, is thereby greatly shortened.
