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U.K.: Parliament Prepares to Vote on Brexit Bill Amendments

Jun 6, 2018 | 13:54 GMT

(Stratfor)

The next chapter of the Brexit saga will be written on June 12, when the EU Withdrawal Bill, which defines some of the terms of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, returns to the House of Commons, the lower chamber of Parliament. In mid-May, the House of Lords, the upper chamber, introduced 15 amendments to the bill, some of which are aimed at achieving a "soft" Brexit in which the United Kingdom would maintain close economic ties with the European Union. While the government led by Prime Minister Theresa May will try to overturn most of the changes, it only controls a slim majority of seats at the Commons. To make things more complicated, her Conservative party is internally divided, which means that many of the votes could be close....

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