A new vote on the holding of early elections in the UK will be held Monday in the House of Commons, announced Thursday the government, to try to resolve the political crisis on Brexit.
Minister of Relations with the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg said a "motion for an early election" would be put to a vote on Monday night. He declined to comment on the exact nature of this text, the exact terms of which must be presented Thursday night.
The announcement follows the rejection of a motion by the Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government calling for early elections on October 15. It failed because it failed to collect the votes of two-thirds of the deputies. So much speculation was going on about what the government could do, for example by introducing legislation that would only require a simple majority in the House to pass.
Boris Johnson wants elections before October 17
On Wednesday, MEPs passed a law requiring Boris Johnson to ask the EU for another three-month postponement of Brexit, scheduled for 31 October, if no agreement is reached with the EU by 19 October . This text is currently before the House of Lords but is expected to come into force by Monday.
Boris Johnson hopes that the Parliament will then approve the holding of early elections, Labor, the main opposition party, having conditioned its agreement to a vote to adopt the text imposing on the Prime Minister to request a postponement of the release date. of the United Kingdom of the European Union.
The Prime Minister wants the elections to be held before a European summit scheduled for 17 and 18 October in Brussels, which could be the last chance for London to conclude an agreement with the EU before the Brexit scheduled for 31 October. Some in Labor want the vote to be held after October 31, once again postponed Brexit.