Month: March 2019

The whole story is unbelievable right from the start.
Fear does lead to take some stupid decisions: with the Brexit, the UK is in danger. Its economy, its cultural links, its free open-minded spirit, its unity, its political system are challenged.

Since the Brexit vote, it appeared that there is no way to leave the EU without damages.

And the attitude of the MPs does reflect this. They are supposed to find a solution that does not exist.  Therefore they do repeat again and again that they don’t accept the withdrawal deal Theresa negotiated with Bruxelles. There is no good withdrawal deal possible.

Since the no deal would be a catastrophic conclusion, how come that the Article 50 revocation does not appear a sensible way to get out of the current deadlock?

The European Union Court of Justice ruled on the 10th of decembre 2018 that the UK can revoke until the 29th of March of this year the notification of the Article 50 unilaterally. The purpose of that revocation being “to confirm the EU membership of the [UK] under terms that are unchanged as regards its status as a Member State, and that revocation brings the withdrawal procedure to an end”.

What does it mean ? The UK would be a member of the UE. But would everything go back to the 2016 situation? The UK was not a member like the others. Will it join the Euro Zone ?

And Theresa May could revoke that Article “by a notice addressed to the European Council in writing, after the [UK] as taken the revocation decision in accordance with its constitutional requirements.

What are those requirements ? There is a petition gathering around 750.000 signatures asking for the revocation. And what now ?

This evening, it seems that there are only two options :
1) no deal
2) no Brexit

MPs discarded the possibility of a no deal on the 13th of March, but there was a referendum back in 2016 that asked for Brexit.

In a way the new situation is pretty interesting. There is no negotiation hazards now. The only question is wether the UK will remain or leave.