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The House of Commons of the British Parliament, March 14, 2019 (illustration). Reuters TV

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a scathing setback Tuesday in Parliament, where MPs passed a motion to postpone Brexit, scheduled for October 31.

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The text was adopted by 328 votes for (301 against), bringing together deputies of the opposition but also conservatives hostile to an exit of the European Union without agreement evoked by Boris Johnson which is resolutely opposed to a postponement.

The motion was adopted despite threats of early elections held by the government.

It will allow them to control the parliamentary agenda on Wednesday and to try to pass a bill to compel Prime Minister Boris Johnson to call for a postponement of the EU's exit until 31 January 2020, unless an agreement is either approved by Parliament or accepts the principle of an exit without agreement.