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20 December 2019The Brexit will be the "dawn" of a new era for the United Kingdom and the first vote scheduled in the House of Commons on the law of ratification of the exit from the EU (EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill) is a gift "in cartato for Christmas to the British people ". Thus Boris Johnson, who introduced the debate on the law this morning. For the premierTory, winner in the 12 December elections, it is "a promise kept" and a way to put an end "to years of postponements and acrimony in Parliament".

The vote of the Municipalities - for the so-called second reading on the text in general - is expected within the Italian 15. The favorable outcome to the government is taken for granted given the large absolute majority it now has. The Christmas break of the Parliament will follow, then the debate resumes chapter by chapter of the law between 7 and 9 January and finally the rite of passage to the House of Lords; final approval and entry into force is awaited widely in time for the formal divorce deadline from Brussels on 31 January 2020.

The modified text of the Withdrawal Bill, published yesterday, includes an amendment that prohibits the extension of the post-divorce transition (with maintenance of the status quo) beyond 31 December 2020 by law, the date by which it must therefore be mandatory agreement with Brussels on future relations (commercial in the first place) was mandatory; the attribution to all British courts (and no longer only to the Supreme Court) of the power to review the judgments of the European Court of Justice in the future; the obligation of ministers to periodically update Westminster on the progress of the forthcoming negotiations with the EU; the abolition of ridiculous ridicule such as the so-called Benn Act which in the previous legislature had forced the government to ask Brussels for Brexit extensions in the event of failure to reach an agreement.

"Brexit will be implemented for January 31 and the country will be able to look ahead," commented Johnson. "The next one will be a great year for our country, the year of the Brexit realized, but also of a boom of funds for the NHS (public health), investments in infrastructures and access to new opportunities in our great nation, "he added with a reference to the government program presented yesterday in Queen'sSpeech. "It will be the beginning of a new decade in which the United Kingdom - he insisted optimistically - will be a champion of free trade, innovation and science, able to face challenges with old and new friends in the world".

There will be no extension of the post Brexit transition beyond the 2020 deadline: Boris Johnson confirmed in the House of Commons, introducing an updated version of the law ratifying the EU exit that prohibits the possibility of requesting extensions. To a Labor deputy who asked him if this move does not risk putting on the table the scenario of a no-deal with a delayed outbreak, Prime Minister Tory then replied: "On the contrary, he will strengthen us" in the negotiations with Brussels on future relations.

Corbyn still says no to the Brexit agreement
Jeremy Corbyn, the great Labor leader defeated in the recent British political elections, responding to Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted the country's willingness to proceed with Brexit, but reiterated the no to the ratification of the agreement requested by the head of the government that opened today in the House of Commons the debate in second reading. "We recognize the clear message arrived last week from the British people, and they had already voted in the referendum of 2016, and we understand their determination to put an end to the endless cycle of the debate on Brexit, to return to resolving the questions of every day and to face what awaits our lives, "said the Labor leader.