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U.K.: Parliament Gives the Go-Ahead to Seek a Brexit Delay

Mar 14, 2019 | 21:46 GMT

Delaying the March 29 Brexit date does not guarantee a no-deal exit.

The British House of Commons on March 14 approved a motion establishing that if lawmakers approve the Withdrawal Agreement the British government has negotiated with the European Union by March 20, London will ask the Continental bloc to move the country's departure date from the bloc from March 29 to June 30. This would give Parliament time to approve the legislation necessary to ensure an orderly Brexit. The motion also outlines that if the Commons fails to approve the deal by March 20, the British government would ask Brussels for a longer, as-of-yet unspecified, delay, sufficient to allow negotiation of a different exit agreement London said that in case a lengthy delay was granted, the Commons would hold a series of "indicative votes" on the variations of an exit deal to better gauge lawmakers' objectives. Also on March 14, the Commons rejected a proposal to put a second referendum to...

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