| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Some common sense at last? | |
| Posted by: | Claire Moran | |
| Date/Time: | 23/10/19 16:22:00 |
| She published the withdrawal agreement she negotiated, and the text of the new one is virtually the same, with the exceptions I mentioned above. The Brexit withdrawal agreement (officially: The draft Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union) is an (as of 21 October 2019) unratified treaty between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK), setting the terms of the withdrawal of the latter from the former (Brexit). The original withdrawal agreement was rejected by the House of Commons on three occasions, leading to the resignation of Theresa May from the premiership of the UK. It was subsequently renegotiated by Boris Johnson, with a new version published on 17 October 2019.[2] It covers such matters as money, citizens' rights, border arrangements and dispute resolution. It also contains a transition period and an outline of the future relationship between the UK and the EU. Published on 14 November 2018, it was a result of the Brexit negotiations. The agreement was endorsed by the leaders of the 27 remaining EU countries[3] and the UK Government led by Prime Minister Theresa May, but faced opposition in the UK parliament, whose approval was necessary for ratification. (Ratification by the European Parliament is also required but (as of September 2019) remains to be sought.) On 15 January 2019, the House of Commons rejected the withdrawal agreement by a vote of 432 to 202.[4] The Commons rejected the Agreement again on 12 March 2019, on a vote of 391 to 242,[5] and rejected a third time of 29 March 2019 by 344 votes to 286. On 19 October 2019, the Johnson Government proposed then withdrew its motion that Parliament ratify the second draft (when Parliament decided that it wished first to scrutinise the Government's Withdrawal Agreement Bill).[6] Closely connected to the withdrawal agreement is a non-binding political declaration on the future EU-UK relationship. |