EU
REJECTS UK EXTENSION REQUEST - "BREXIT" TAKES PLACE APRIL
12 WITH NO DEAL!
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April, 2019
Just
moments ago, the European Union (EU) voted to REJECT a British (UK)
request for an extension to their Exit from the European Union. Thus
a "No Deal BREXIT" takes place on April 12.
That
Exit from the EU, declared two years ago after a public referendum in
Britain demanded the UK leave the EU, has been stymied, usurped,
maligned, and avoided by the corrupt, good-for-nothing politicians
infesting the British Parliament.
They
have used every rule or gimmick imaginable to defy the Will of the
British People, and put a stop to the UK leaving the EU.
Now,
their efforts are destroyed because the EU - which granted the UK a
short extension - has voted to REJECT any further extensions. When
granting the first, short, extension, the EU made clear that if there
was to be a "deal" between the UK and EU, then the UK would
have to enact that deal by April 7. If the UK Parliament failed to
adopt the deal, then the EU extension made clear there would be a NO
DEAL BREXIT on April 12.
Three
separate votes in Parliament to accept the deal, failed. So there is
no deal.
The
EU has now rejected any additional extensions of time for the UK to
make a deal, thus, Britain (UK) leaves the European Union with no
deal on April 12.
Under
a NO DEAL scenario, trade and banking between the UK and EU will
automatically be governed by the rules of the World Trade
Organization (WTO) like most everyone else's trade is handled.
From the pro-Brexit Express
'Total
failure leadership!' Brexiteer fury as Theresa May begs EU for
ANOTHER Brexit delay
THERESA
May was facing a Brexiteer backlash on Friday after she asked the EU
for permission to delay Brexit further. In a letter to EU Chief
Donald Tusk the Prime Minister requested an extension to Britain’s
departure until June 30, with the option to leave earlier if her
Withdrawal Agreement is ratified.
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April, 2019
Mrs
May made it clear that she will seek to leave the bloc before the
European Parliament elections on May 23. She said that "responsible
preparations" will be made for the UK to take part in the polls
if that does not prove possible. Her request will be considered at an
emergency EU summit on Wednesday, where it requires the unanimous
agreement of the leaders of the remaining 27 member states. However,
Mr Tusk is understood to be recommending a longer postponement of one
year, with a break clause in the case of earlier ratification, in a
so-called "flextension" deal.
Britain
is currently due to leave the EU next Friday but unless a deal can be
agreed.
Asking
for another extension the Prime Minister wrote: “This impasse
cannot be allowed to continue.
“In
the UK it is creating uncertainty and doing damage to faith in
politics, while the European Union has a legitimate desire to move on
to decisions about its own future'.
But
Mrs May's letter admits that if she fails Britain would go to the
polls between May 23 and May 26, costing the taxpayer up to
£108million to put on the elections.
British
MEPs would then be paid a £85,000-a-year salary to sit in Brussels
from July as the UK tries to leave.
EU
sources have said they will reject Mrs May's June 30 Brexit date and
tell her that a year-long deal is the only option. With No Deal now
off the table she would be forced to accept it.
Her
decision to seek a further extension, which came after two days of
talks with Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party, provoked fury among
Brexiteers yesterday.
Former
minister Owen Paterson urged Tories to “go nuclear” and push
again for No Deal while leading Eurosceptic MP Jacob Rees-Mogg
blasted: “If a long extension leaves us stuck in the EU we should
be as difficult as possible. We could veto any increase in the budget
and obstruct the putative EU army”.
Brexiteer
Nigel Evans said: “This comes from a PM who has revised everything
she has said at the dispatch box.
And the anti-Brexit, pro-EU Guardian
Hopes
of Brexit progress fade as Labour says May has failed to compromise
Opposition
criticises PM after talks, while risk of EU taking tough line on
extension rises
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April, 2019
Theresa
May’s prospects of cobbling together a cross-party majority to
convince EU leaders to grant a short Brexit delay next week appear to
be slipping away after Labour claimed she had failed to offer “real
change or compromise” in talks.
The
prime minister made a dramatic pledge to open the door to talks with
Labour on Tuesday after a marathon cabinet meeting.
But
after two days of negotiations and an exchange of letters on Friday,
Labour issued a statement criticising the prime minister for failing
to offer “real change or compromise”.
“We
urge the prime minister to come forward with genuine changes to her
deal in an effort to find an alternative that can win support in
parliament and bring the country together,” a spokesperson said.
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The
pessimistic note came after May wrote to the European council
president, Donald Tusk, on Friday morning, asking for Brexit to be
delayed until 30 June, while cross-party talks continue.
Even
before Labour’s statement, EU politicians responded with bemusement
to her failure to offer a concrete plan for assembling a coalition
behind a workable deal – increasing the risk that they will take a
tough line at next Wednesday’s summit.
May’s
letter suggested that the UK was preparing to field candidates in
European parliamentary elections on 23 May if no deal could be
reached. But there was considerable opposition in parts of Europe as
France signalled its readiness for a no-deal Brexit on 12 April if
there were no significant new British proposals, and won the support
of Spain and Belgium, according to a note of an EU27 meeting seen by
the Guardian.
While
Germany took a more conciliatory tone, the diplomatic cable revealed
that the French ambassador secured the support of Spanish and Belgian
colleagues in arguing that there should only be, at most, a short
article 50 extension to avoid an instant financial crisis, saying:
“We could probably extend for a couple of weeks to prepare
ourselves in the markets.”
European
leaders already wary of the prospect of a long extension were further
unsettled on Friday by a tweet from the Conservative MP Jacob
Rees-Mogg, who said that the UK should disrupt the EU from within in
the event of a significant delay
“The
functioning of the EU is a central element as how we proceed,” an
EU official said. “The tweet of Jacob Rees-Mogg showed what they
are capable of.”
Meanwhile,
the shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, said that the government
was refusing to countenance changes to the political declaration
negotiated with Brussels.
Instead,
May’s de facto deputy, David Lidington, wrote to him with a
proposal that the two sides agree a separate memorandum dealing with
the issues Labour had raised.
But
Downing Street rejected Labour’s characterisation of the
government’s stance. “We have made serious proposals in talks
this week, and are prepared to pursue changes to the political
declaration in order to deliver a deal that is acceptable to both
sides,” a spokesperson said.
“We
are ready to hold further detailed discussions this weekend in order
to seek any such changes in the run-up to European council on
Wednesday. The government is determined to work constructively to
deliver the Brexit people voted for, and avoid participation in the
European parliamentary elections.”
May
has said, including in her letter to Tusk, that if she cannot strike
a Brexit deal with Labour, she hopes the two sides can devise a
process for parliament to choose between several Brexit options - and
agree to abide by it.
Negotiations
between Labour and the government began on Wednesday, after the prime
minister said she hoped to find a cross-party deal that could win a
parliamentary majority, instead of relying on Tory and DUP votes
alone.
She
had staged three House of Commons votes on her Brexit deal, but
failed to win a majority each time, with the DUP and a string of
pro-Brexit rebels voting against her.
After
Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, members of the soft-Brexit “Gaukeward
squad”, including the justice secretary, David Gauke, and the work
and pensions secretary, Amber Rudd, believed the prime minister had
made a decision that she would rather sacrifice some of her red lines
– including customs union membership – rather than countenance a
no-deal Brexit.
But
Friday’s breakup of talks without progress being made will increase
the alarm about the risk that the EU27 might refuse any further
extension next Wednesday and push the UK out without a deal rather
than endure more political paralysis.
Labour
figures involved in the negotiations were taken aback at the paucity
of the government’s offer, which was in stark contrast to the
serious engagement displayed, in particular by Lidington and May’s
chief of staff, Gavin Barwell, a day earlier.
EU
diplomats have been watching the talks closely, for evidence of the
emergence of a stable majority for any kind of Brexit deal.
Before
the negotiations stalled, France’s secretary of state for European
affairs, Amélie de Montchalin, told the Guardian in a statement:
“The European council took a clear decision on 21 March … Another
extension requires the UK to put forward a plan with clear and
credible political backing.”
France’s
robust approach, and the unravelling of the cross-party talks, dented
the value of the pound on foreign exchanges, with sterling briefly
dropping below $1.30 against the dollar after Labour’s statement.
Areas
covered in Lidington’s letter are understood to include customs
arrangements, workers’ rights and environmental standards, but to
be aspirational, rather than representing firm new commitments on the
government’s part.
The
prime minister conceded in her letter to Tusk that the government
would now have to make preparations for participating in May’s
European parliament elections – but still hoped to ratify a Brexit
deal, and pass the requisite legislation, in order to leave before
that, by 22 May.
“The
government will want to agree a timetable for ratification that
allows the United Kingdom to withdraw from the EU before 23 May 2019
and therefore cancel the European parliament elections, but will
continue to make responsible preparations to hold the elections
should this not prove possible,” she said.
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