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The opponents of an unregulated Brexit in the British Parliament have one goal: to prevent British Prime Minister Boris Johnson from leaving the EU without an agreement. By law, members of the opposition Labor Party want to try to prevent a no-deal Brexit. The plans for it should be presented on Tuesday, announced the Brexitsprecher of the party, Keir Starmer, in the BBC.
However, the responsible minister in the government, Michael Gove, does not want to guarantee that the government will abide by such legislation. The cabinet must first check the law.
Among other things, Gove is responsible for drawing up contingency plans for an unregulated Brexit in the government. In his opinion, the majority of MPs stand behind Johnson: "We know that our PM is making progress with our European friends and allies on the way to an agreement, and I do not think people are trying to put clubs in his place. "
Demonstrations against suspension of parliament
Johnson has said that he plans to launch Brexit on October 31, if necessary without a withdrawal agreement with the EU. To enforce this, Johnson is considering suspending Parliament for several weeks. The more than 600 MPs will have a good four-week compulsory break before he presents his government program on October 14, two and a half weeks before the planned Brexit date.
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in numerous British cities over the weekend. Many of them spoke of an attack on democracy.
The EU's Brexit representative, Michel Barnier, sees no good chance of preventing Britain's exit from the EU without an agreement. "I'm not optimistic that a no-deal scenario can be avoided," Barnier wrote in a post for the British "Sunday Telegraph."
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Michel Barnier: "Maximum flexibility that the EU can offer a non-member state"
Barnier said the backstop must exist to ensure the integrity of the EU market while maintaining an open border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. The backstop is the most controversial topic at Brexit. This is the border between the EU belonging to Ireland and the United Kingdom belonging to Northern Ireland. Johnson, however, rejects the backstop because he fears that Britain may be hampered by efforts to conclude new trade agreements with third countries.
The Brexit Treaty, negotiated by the EU and then-British Prime Minister Theresa May, provides for the reintroduction of border controls on the previously barely guarded border between Ireland and Northern Ireland after a Brexit. The EU also wants to prevent a resurgence of fighting between Catholics and Protestants on the island after a Brexit, which is feared at a tough border.
