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05 September 2019Toris Johnson's Tory government returns to office on early elections, announcing a new vote in the House of Commons for the convening of the polls, after yesterday's missed quorum on a first motion in favor of political voting on 15 October.

The new attempt is scheduled for Monday, as announced today to the same deputies by the minister of relations with the Parliament (leader of the House), Jacob Rees-Mogg.

As government sources explained, the decision to try again to pass a motion to call early elections - although they failed in the first instance to obtain the support of the opposition - lies in the fact that Monday will probably be read the proposal put forward from the Labor party Hilary Benn to avoid a Brexit without agreement on October 31st.

Precisely this was indicated in recent days by the Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn as the transition sine qua non before returning to the polls. Hence the new attempt by Boris Johnson's executive, who hopes to convince the Labor party to support the motion (434 votes are needed). But although Corbyn is tempted, many in the party fear this move, because they do not trust the prime minister who could postpone the date after October 31st or get a majority that could then repeal the law that prevents the no-deal. In both cases, the dreaded exit scenario without agreement would come true.

Barnier: "Negotiation in a state of paralysis"
Negotiations between the European Union and the British government on Brexit "are currently in a state of paralysis". The hard judgment is of Michel Barnier, the head negotiator of the EU, according to what emerges from a reserved note sent to European diplomats. To reveal the content is the Financial Times, reporting that in the note Barnier explains to the representatives of the Member States that Great Britain, in the framework of the future trade agreement with Brussels, intends to depart from the EU standards. This would add further tensions to the relationship between the Boris Johnson-led government and the European Union. According to Barnier, any free trade agreement between London and Brussels that does not comply with European standards would face serious problems of ratification by some states, including France and the Netherlands, determined not to grant the United Kingdom margins of competitiveness.

Downing street: no paralysis
Downing street rejected the claims attributed to Barnier on the "state of paralysis" of the London-Brussels talks on Brexit. "I see nothing on the record from Barnier in this regard, but in any case I totally reject such an assessment," a spokesman for Prime Minister Johnson said today, responding to journalists on the subject after press rumors that the boss the EU negotiator would have spoken of "paralysis" updating the 27 ambassadors on the progress of the confrontation in the midst of the British political crisis. "Both sides agreed to continue talks tomorrow after yesterday's constructive discussions," Johnson's spokesman cut short, highlighting "the willingness expressed by EU leaders to find and share solutions to the problems we have placed on the old agreement" by divorce.