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On Tuesday, British MPs passed an amendment giving them the right to veto in the event the government wants to implement the provisions of its bill that violate the Brexit deal.

A text which has attracted the wrath of Europeans and which has aroused controversy even within the British conservative majority, some deputies threatening not to give their approval, for fear that this reversal could damage the reputation of the United Kingdom. United on the international scene.

But the "Tories" finally found a compromise with Boris Johnson, passing a government-proposed amendment that now makes their approval mandatory for the use of the powers conferred by the new bill.

The controversial bill, which will be debated until next Tuesday by MPs before being sent to the House of Lords, gives the UK alone the power - supposedly shared with Europeans - to make certain decisions in Ireland North, contrary to the special provisions for this region in the Brexit agreement.

These were aimed at avoiding a return to a border with the Republic of Ireland, which could weaken the 1998 peace agreement that ended three decades of violence.

Nothing to calm Brussels

For MP Robert Neill, leader of the conservative protest, the amendment voted on Tuesday allows “the best of a bad job”.

However, this amendment should not calm the ire of Brussels, as European Parliament leaders have threatened to block any post-Brexit trade pact if London does not keep its promises.

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