British Prime Minister Boris Johnson enjoyed asking awkward questions during his time as a correspondent in Brussels, but not so much from the other side. Yesterday he ended his press conference in the same Belgian capital when asked if he was repeating the same mistakes as Theresa May - bringing an agreement to the British parliament without first ensuring a minimum consensus. Johnson responded barely and said he no longer had time for more.

The British conservative endeavored to sell the result as "a great deal for the United Kingdom" and it is true that it presents a better package than the frustrated May with unfortunate show of European weakness, but the result remains the same: a British nonsense that It should also serve as a lesson for the president of the Generalitat, Quim Torra , his predecessor, Carles Puigdemont and Catalan independence in general.

The president of the European Council, Donald Tusk , summed up the agreement hard at a previous press conference: "The only difference now is that Boris Johnson has accepted customs controls in Northern Ireland." That is to say, that the United Kingdom not only does not get stronger from the challenge, but Johnson has had to accept an internal commercial border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the State and bound by the European Union! If Northern Ireland has to choose between not having it with Ireland or the country to which it belongs, clearly choose the former and Johnson has had to swallow. Although there is a theoretical possible expiration date, Northern Ireland will want to perpetuate this status by submitting forever to the European Customs Union and its legislation as well as the unionists fear.

Therefore, the alleged relaunched btittan sovereignty with Brexit is not such and not only because of this internal fracture, but because both Johnson and the European negotiator, Michel Barnie r, assured that the will is to achieve the greatest possible future association between the United Kingdom and the EU, which will logically imply a harmony between their respective regulations. Johnson also pledged, to try to dissipate Labor complaints, to maintain in the United Kingdom "the highest environmental and social standards", knowing that this means following those dictated ... by the EU . There are also forever in the British legal framework all the directives that have already swallowed up to date. The business can not be worse for the United Kingdom, although it has been able to twist the Brussels arm somewhat more than expected, so the EU also goes bad. However, if not even a country of geostrategic power and interest such as the United Kingdom goes unscathed - see the British pound and the British economy - and shows vertigo to be cold outside the club, for an independent Catalonia it is an irresponsible utopia.

Pedro Sánchez was yesterday one of the few leaders who declined to comment on arrival in Brussels wasting the opportunity to emphasize via Brexit where the dream of secession takes place, but there will be a lot of time, especially if Johnson crashes in his Parliament and forced to request an extension in another sample of the less and less British enthusiasm to leave the EU.

The demagogy, the lies in the campaign ... The parallels between Brexit supporters and Catalan independence are multiple . And there is another, just as the independentistas do not want to resign from Las Cortes and give up their salaries, the europhobe Nigel Farage , clings to his juicy seat in the European Parliament and asked yesterday to stop Johnson and request an extension!

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