LONDON (Reuters) - The British government said it would put the Brexit agreement to a vote in the House of Commons on Monday, while Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared to stick to the exit by October 31.
The lawmakers will vote on the deal, just two days after the House voted in favor of a legislative amendment demanding that Johnson ask for a three-month delay.
He described the latest vote as a new blow to the British prime minister, who faces opposition even from some of his allies in parliament, as well as the rejection of his opponents Labor and others the latest Brexit deal with the Europeans.
Although Johnson considered the legislative amendment adopted by British lawmakers on Saturday to be non-binding, he reluctantly sent an "unsigned" letter to the President of the European Council Donald Tusk requesting to postpone the date of his exit from the European Union, which is set at the end of this month to the beginning of next year. He sent another letter saying he did not want to delay the exit.
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The prime minister's stated position so far is that he wants the Brexit to be implemented by the end of this month, even if parliament rejects the Brexit deal for the fourth time since former Prime Minister Theresa May concluded with the EU in late 2018.
Johnson said he would submit to parliament this week the necessary legislation to implement the Brexit deal, and has repeatedly announced that he is prepared to go out without an agreement despite the economic risks it poses to Britain, and that the parliament last month adopted legislation preventing the government from implementing Brexit without an agreement with Europeans.
On the other hand, diplomatic sources said that the ambassadors of the European Union officially launched the process of ratification of the Brexit agreement, during a brief meeting in Brussels with the chief negotiator for Britain's withdrawal from the European Union Michel Barnier.
Barnier said European Council President Donald Tusk would hold consultations in the coming days to discuss the matter.