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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Donald Tusk, President of the European Council at G7 Biarritz, August 25, 2019. Andrew Parsons / Pool via REUTERS

In the morning, the new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the suspension of the work of Parliament until October 14, cutting the grass under the feet of the opposition who was trying to organize to postpone or renegotiate the deadline of Brexit set for October 31st.

with our correspondent in London, Elodie Goulesque

Boris Johnson confirmed that he had spoken with the Queen to hold her traditional speech in Parliament on October 14. This speech opens up a new parliamentary session and reveals the government's legislative agenda, and it is precisely this excuse, in a way, that Boris Johnson uses.

There is a new government, Parliament has not been suspended for more than two years because of the Brexit discussions, so it is time to revive the machine, he says, to give the government a boost.

But that also means that MEPs will only have a few days to debate Brexit before the next European Council on 17 and 18 October and less than two weeks before the UK leaves the EU on 31 October.

The opposition is angry, she who was just starting to organize yesterday with meetings to counter a " No deal ". John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons, speaks of "constitutional contempt".

► See also : Brexit: the opposition determined to prevent an exit from the EU without agreement