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Boris Johnson on December 24, 2020
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to promote the Brexit trade deal as a historic opportunity and national fulfillment in front of Parliament in London.
The central purpose is "to achieve something that the British people in their hearts always knew that it could be done," Johnson said this Wednesday, according to excerpts published in advance from the speech.
It is a matter of working together on friendly terms with our European neighbors and doing business, but at the same time maintaining sovereign control over laws and "our national fate".
"We will now open a new chapter in our national history," Johnson wants to say.
"This law shows how Great Britain can be both European and sovereign at the same time." The Prime Minister wants to emphasize the close friendship with Europe - a complete separation was never an option.
"What we were looking for was not a break, but a solution - a solution to the old and annoying question of Britain's political relations with Europe that weighed on our post-war history."
According to the speech excerpt, Johnson also wants to address the difficult relationship with the EU.
"At first we were far away, then we became a half-hearted, sometimes obstructive member of the EU," they say.
"With this law we will now be a friendly neighbor - the best friend and ally the EU could have - working hand in hand when our values and interests coincide." Laws to live.
"That is the historical purpose of this law."
The approval of the two chambers of parliament is considered certain.
Late on Wednesday evening, the head of state Queen Elizabeth II is supposed to seal the trade pact with her signature.
On Christmas Eve, the EU and Great Britain reached a trade agreement.
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