May Tries To Save Brexit Plan After Speaker's Bombshell.
Updated March 19, 2019
But in a dramatic ruling that prompted fury in government and warnings of a constitutional crisis, House of Commons speaker John Bercow said on Monday he could not put it to another vote in its current form.Weeks of chaotic political deadlock in parliament have already forced May to concede that Brexit must be delayed, amid fears of an economic shock if Britain ends its 46-year membership of the EU with no new arrangements in place.
“There is less clarity today than yesterday,” said George Ciamba, minister delegate for European affairs for Romania, which holds the rotating EU presidency. Even before Bercow’s move, May was by no means certain of getting her deal through parliament after it was decisively rejected in January and then again last week.
However, Barclay warned: “It is the only deal on the table from the EU — the EU have been consistent on that. He indicated that the changes necessary to bring the deal back for another vote would have to result from talks with the EU.Constitutional experts suggested that if the EU agrees to an extension, that might also constitute enough of a change to have a vote after the summit, next week.
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