The closing of the British Parliament Prime Minister's policy not to postpone withdrawal Focus on future response | NHK News

The closing of the British Parliament Prime Minister The policy not to postpone withdrawal The focus on future response September 10 13:37

With the EU-European withdrawal deadline approaching the end of next month, the British Parliament passed a law that required the government to ask the EU to postpone the withdrawal and closed it. However, Prime Minister Johnson has repeatedly stated that even if he cannot agree with the EU, he will not ask for a postponement of withdrawal, and the future response will be the focus.

In the British Parliament, a law that obligated the government to ask the EU to postpone the withdrawal deadline at the end of next month by three months was approved on the 9th.

In response, Prime Minister Johnson again proposed a motion calling for the general election to be held ahead of time, saying, “We should ask the public whether we should postpone the withdrawal,” but this time it was rejected.

Parliament will be closed for about a month, and a new session will start on the 14th of next month. In the future, Prime Minister Johnson will be bound by law to request the EU to postpone the withdrawal if it agrees with the EU by the 19th of next month and is not approved by Congress.

Prime Minister Johnson will continue to do everything he can to negotiate with the EU, but he has shown a policy that does not require a postponement of the deadline, even if he cannot agree, and still does not rule out the possibility of withdrawal without an agreement.

As Congress closes, Prime Minister Johnson's response will be the focus in the future, but there is no way to overcome the situation with the remaining time limited.

Conflict even in closing ceremony

The British Parliament was closed for nearly five weeks until the 14th of next month at the request of Prime Minister Johnson, and a closing ceremony was held early in the 10th.

In this, Chairman Barco expressed dissatisfaction, saying, “This is not a norm, not a normal closing,” and opposition lawmakers called out “shameful”.

In the ritual, it is customary for members of the House of Representatives to move to the Senate Chamber, but many opposition members did not go to the Senate to protest the closing, but remained in the House of Representatives.

On the other hand, some of the members of the ruling and conservative parties moved to the Senate and then refused to return to the House of Representatives, and the intense opposition of the ruling and opposition parties affected the traditional ritual.