Hundreds of thousands of people marched to request a new vote on Brexit on Saturday in London.
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"EU, I love you": Hundreds of thousands of people marched Saturday in London to demand a new referendum on Brexit, in the midst of uncertainty about the possibility that Prime Minister Theresa May again presents her divorce agreement to MPs . "We are asking for a popular vote", "Quit (the EU) will not work", "Revoke Article 50 (of the Lisbon Treaty, which governs the exit of a country from the EU)", could we read on protestors' placards.
The march comes two days after the decision of the European leaders to grant the UK a postponement of Brexit beyond the originally scheduled date of March 29, setting now to April 12 at the earliest the deadline fate, nearly three years after the referendum that decided an exit from the EU.
#PeopleVoteMarch organizers say more than a million people joined protests in central London
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Cartoons by Theresa May
In the early afternoon, the crowd, massive, dense and enthusiastic parade in the center of the British capital, not far from the offices of Theresa May at 10, Downing Street, singing anti-Brexit tunes and waving European flags, sometimes heart-shaped. Theresa May also took for her rank, with many caricatures depicting her as a leader completely overwhelmed by events.
Cartoons of Theresa May have blossomed on the streets of London. (@Isabel INFANTES / AFP)
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A fierce opponent of Brexit, the Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who participated in the event, called on those who reject an exit from the EU to take advantage of "the maximum opportunity" offered by the deadline granted by Brussels. "We must avoid both the catastrophe of a 'no deal' and the damage that would be caused by the bad agreement of the Prime Minister" Theresa May, she said.
A fierce opponent of Brexit, Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon took part in the protest. (@Isabel INFANTES / AFP)
Organizers claim one million participants
The organization "People's vote", which is campaigning for a new referendum, estimated the number of participants at around one million, with Scotland Yard not providing any figures on its side. A similar protest in October brought together nearly 700,000 protesters in the British capital.
Numerous signs and costumed protesters were seen during the march. (@ NIKLAS HALLE'N / AFP)
The option of a second referendum was rejected by the House of Commons on March 14, and Theresa May is also opposed, but her supporters hope that the prevailing chaos in the UK will eventually make this option inevitable. Also on Saturday, the online petition calling on the government to renounce Brexit exceeded the 4.3 million signatories, a record figure for such an initiative on Parliament's website.