Brexit: Boris Johnson believes in an agreement and opposes early elections

If it goes to the polls, it will be forced and forced. A week before the suspension of the British Parliament, Boris Johnson said Monday, September 2, his opposition to the holding of early parliamentary elections. In a short speech to his offices on 10 Downing Street, the head of government also added to believe the "chances" of concluding an exit agreement from the European Union (EU) with Brussels, before the deadline of 31 October.

"I do not want an election, you do not want an election, let's implement the people's program," he said in reference to the referendum result of June 23, 2016, by which British voters are pronounced by a narrow majority for an exit from the EU.

"The chances of concluding an agreement have increased" over the past three weeks, said Boris Johnson about discussions with the European Union. He was trying to convince conservative MPs, who are returning to parliament on Tuesday, September 3, not to vote with the opposition to block Brexit.

We will leave on October 31st without reserve

Boris Johnson, who has promised since his arrival at the head of the government to carry out "whatever the cost" Brexit on October 31, added that he would not ask under any pretext a new postponement of the divorce. "I want everyone to be aware: I will not ask for a postponement in Brussels, we will leave on October 31 without reservation."

But he said that if the Westminster Parliament voted in favor of a further postponement, there would be no room for renegotiation of Theresa May's withdrawal agreement with Brussels, rejected three times by the House of Commons. municipalities.

A bill calling for a postponement of Brexit to January 31 could be debated Wednesday in the Commons. The idea of ​​its promoters is to give the executive time to conclude a new agreement with the EU or to obtain Parliament's approval for an exit without agreement.

"If they (vote for a postponement, Ed), they will simply cut the legs of the United Kingdom and make any new negotiation absolutely impossible," warned Johnson.

With Reuters and AFP