LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Minister Liam Fox said there was a 50 percent chance of a halt to Britain's exit from the European Union if parliament rejected the EU exit agreement known as BRICEST.
"If we do not vote for that, I am not sure that the bricast will give more than 50 percent," the minister, a leading supporter of the withdrawal, told the Sunday Times.
With only three months to go before the European Union leaves on March 29, Prime Minister Teresa Mae's agreement with the EU last month falls to allow a series of scenarios, Cancel the entire withdrawal process.
Earlier this month, May canceled a planned vote in parliament after it admitted that the lawmakers would reject it. Parliament is expected to vote on the deal in the third week of next month.
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One of the main points of the exit agreement, which raises the objection of deputies item may remain Britain within a customs union with the European Union to prevent a complete separation of the border between Ireland, a member of the Union and the Northern Ireland province of the United Kingdom.
On the other hand, said European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that the Union does not try to keep Britain and wants to start discussing the future of relations at the moment when the British Parliament approves the exit agreement.
We are respecting the outcome of the referendum, "Juncker said in an interview with the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag," It is implied that our aim is to keep the UK united by all possible means.
The European official declined to discuss whether London would hold a second vote on withdrawal from the European Union. "This is up to the British," he said.