With just two months left before the United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union, the British House of Commons has instructed Prime Minister Theresa May to renegotiate parts of her Brexit deal. On Jan. 29, British lawmakers approved a proposal to revise the Irish backstop, a safeguard measure designed to ensure the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland remains open after Brexit. In addition to rejecting a key part of the divorce agreement May negotiated with the European Union in late 2018, lawmakers voted against plans to delay Brexit if no deal is reached and shunned proposals to give Parliament control over the legislative agenda on Brexit. Parliament also stated its opposition to leaving the European Union without an exit agreement, though this was largely a symbolic declaration....
