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The British Parliament is said to be sent on this Monday evening in a five-week forced break. This was reported by a government spokesman in London. It will then meet again on 14 October.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to have the lower house once again vote on a new election. But it is extremely unlikely that he will get the necessary two-thirds majority of all MPs. The opposition parties already rejected the advance in advance. Last week, Johnson had failed with a first motion for a new election.
This Monday is also the law against a no-deal Brexit enter into force, which was passed by Parliament on Friday. It envisages that the head of government must apply to the EU for an extension of the Brexit deadline, which ends on 31 October, should no exit agreement be ratified by 19 October.
Johnson visiting Ireland
Johnson categorically rejects an extension. He would rather lie "dead in the ditch". Nevertheless, he does not want to override the law. It is speculated that the government will try to find a loophole elsewhere.
On a visit to Ireland, Johnson stressed Monday that he wanted a regular Brexit of his country by 31 October. "I want to reach a deal," Johnson said at the meeting with his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar in Dublin. This should be possible without the establishment of a fixed border between the EU Member Ireland and Northern Ireland. How this is to be implemented, Johnson did not reveal.
Commentators - such as the BBC - classified his tone a little more moderately than in the past. The EU and its Member Ireland demand a guarantee that checkpoints on the border with Northern Ireland will be avoided after Brexit. Because that could rekindle the old conflict between Catholic advocates of an association of Ireland and Protestant loyalists. Until another solution is found, Northern Ireland will continue to have some EU rules and the UK will remain in the EU Customs Union.