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British Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaving his home in London on 3 July 2019. REUTERS / Peter Nicholls

Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Labor, the British opposition party, has announced that he wants a new referendum on Brexit and will vote for EU membership. A new strategy that was eagerly awaited within the party. Jeremy Corbyn intends to put pressure on Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, the two candidates to succeed Theresa May, before the televised debate on Tuesday night.

With our correspondent in London, Marina Daras

After three years of uncertainty, Jeremy Corbyn finally dares to take a position on the Brexit. He hesitated for a long time , not wanting to frustrate some of his electorate who voted for the Brexit or endangering some Labor MPs in constituencies with a pro-Brexit majority.

But after disastrous European elections for the party, many Labor MPs demanded a change out of fear of his electorate fleeing to more engaged parties, like the Greens or the Liberal Democrats.

After weeks of dialogue with trade unionists and members of his party, Jeremy Corbyn finally decided and challenged the future Conservative Prime Minister to hold a new referendum on Brexit, saying that he would campaign to remain in power. European Union to prevent a Brexit without agreement or a Brexit hard and bad for the country.

What cheers the number 2 party, Tom Watson, who wanted to make Labor a clearly pro-European party.

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