By Antoine KREMER, ABBL ALFI Head of European Affairs
What a week! In Westminster. Brexit. Again.
Theresa May, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, on Monday put the (unchanged) withdrawal agreement she had negotiated with the EU for a second vote… and lost. On Tuesday the House of Commons not only voted against leaving without a deal but took off the option permanently. In the meantime the clock nevertheless continues ticking on relentlessly counting down to 29 March midnight (respectively 23:00 on the British isles). Indeed a simple expression of a wish does not stop or delay the process. The date of departure is set in EU and UK law and a change of that needs to be enacted.
Two options were...
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