“Theater” about Brexit: Johnson angered the EU - and received embarrassing rejection in his own country

Will that still happen with the European Union's Brexit trade pact with Great Britain?

Apparently nothing is going on at the moment.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is also under pressure at home.

• The

  Brexit

  negotiations continue to be difficult.

• Negotiations on a

  trade package

  are blocked and both sides demand a willingness to compromise

• Meanwhile, the

  British House of Lords gave

  a controversial bill a clear rebuff.

London / Brussels - The

negotiations

with

on a Brexit * trade pact are still blocked for the time being.

“We should make the most of the time left.

Our door is open, ”EU negotiator

tweeted

on Tuesday after a phone call with his British colleague

.

However, London again demanded that the European Union show a willingness to compromise and change its position.

🇪🇺🇬🇧 I spoke again to @DavidGHFrost today.

My message: we should be making the most out of the little time left.

Our door remains open.

- Michel Barnier (@MichelBarnier) October 20, 2020

British Prime Minister

* had

accused

the

of not

wanting

a

with Great Britain.

Therefore, his country is preparing for an exit from the EU internal market and the customs union without a treaty at the turn of the year.

A British government spokesman had even declared the trade talks over.

It is unclear whether negotiations will continue.

Brexit negotiations stalled: House of Lords issues a cracking rejection of the draft law

The CSU * MEP

described the British threat to break off negotiations as "political theater".

The

should not go to this level, said the group leader of the European People's Party (EPP).

The Brexit transition phase, during which everything has largely remained the same, will end in ten weeks.

Without a contract, there is a risk of tariffs and other trade barriers.

This could weigh heavily on the economy.

The British House of Lords meanwhile rejected the so-called

by a large majority.

The

voted 395 to 169 votes against the bill, as reported by the British

.

With this law, the British government wants to undo parts of the

agreement between

and the

that is

already in force

.

This met with strong protests from the opposition and the EU.

They accused Johnson of breaking the law.

Many critics of

sit in the House of Lords

.

The MPs in the

, however, had voted for the law more than a month ago with a clear majority.

Now there could be a kind of political ping-pong game between the lower and upper houses.

The law could nullify special rules for Northern Ireland in the

agreement, which should prevent a hard border with the EU state Ireland and new hostilities there.

London speaks of a "safety net", Brussels of a breach of contract.

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