INTERVIEW
It's a decision that does not pass. On Wednesday, Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister for only a month, announced that he suspended the work of the British Parliament until October 14, just two weeks before the entry into force of Brexit. Members of the opposition, but also of its majority, expressed their fury, and a petition has collected a million signatures in a few hours to protest against this decision. "Normally, the new Prime Minister's duty is to stand before Parliament," notes Denis MacShane, former British Minister for European Affairs under Tony Blair, Thursday on Europe 1.
"It's England, it's the cradle of parliamentary democracy"
"What Boris Johnson wants at all costs is to avoid debate in Parliament," says Denis MacShane. "For us, the British, the whole democracy is that there are lively debates in Parliament.For a Prime Minister, to refuse that, almost on the eve of Brexit, not to answer questions, it is very disturbing, "said the former minister with a British phlegm.
Denis MacShane now hopes that the pressure is put on the Prime Minister. "The deeper state, the advisers of His Majesty, the high officials, the ambassadors, I know them, they can not be comfortable with this blow," he says. "Will the Medef equivalent finally protest and put pressure on Conservative MPs, to say to Boris Johnson: you can not behave like a Bolsonaro in Brazil, like a small populist leader. England is the cradle of parliamentary democracy You have to accept your responsibilities If you have a plan for Brexit, say it in the House of Commons and agree to justify it to the MPs. "