UK: Theresa Would per chance well moreover loses valuable Brexit vote in parliament

British politicians hold backed giving parliament the final relate on any withdrawal address the European Union, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Theresa Would per chance well moreover on the eve of a a will must hold summit in Brussels.

MPs on Wednesday voted in favour of an amendment to demand parliament pass a separate bill to approve any closing settlement signed with the bloc.

Would per chance well moreover lost by a narrow margin of 309 to 305 votes. The UK is scheduled to depart the EU on March 29, 2019.

The high minister had promised legislators a « meaningful vote » on the UK’s deal for its departure from the EU, or Brexit.

Rivals, alternatively, acknowledged that the pledge did no longer go a long way sufficient.

‘Doesn’t end Brexit’

Nina Schick, an knowledgeable on European politics, acknowledged the consequence of the vote changed into « anticipated », as several members of parliament from Would per chance well moreover’s Conservative celebration, which lacks an overall majority, had earlier declared that they would vote towards the government.

« What the Conservative rebels wished is to hold enshrined in the EU Withdrawal Invoice, which is the active laws whereby the entire EU regulation is going to be transposed into UK regulation, a dedication that there’ll likely be a separate bill all the plan thru which to enshrine the withdrawal process, » she knowledgeable Al Jazeera.

Schick eminent that the vote in parliament « doesn’t actually end Brexit ».

« It is a long way a extraordinarily symbolic narrate by Conservative MPs who model no longer mediate in the government’s most modern route on Brexit.

« What they’re making an strive to end by defeating the government is … to camouflage that the facility of parliament is sovereign over the government. » 

A spokesperson acknowledged the government changed into « disappointed » by the vote, including that « this amendment doesn’t end us from making willing our statute e book for exit day ».

The defeat, alternatively, comes at a attractive time for Would per chance well moreover.

On Thursday, the high minister will abet a two-day EU summit where leaders are anticipated to approve the terms of a preliminary Brexit deal, which changed into agreed final week after months of painstaking negotiations, earlier than appealing to the 2d a part of the talks.

Would per chance well moreover has been below stress ever since holding a snap election in June, which resulted in the Conservatives shedding their governing majority and negotiating a address Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Occasion (DUP).

The Conservatives depend on the DUP, which has 10 seats in parliament, to pass laws.