Having suffered a crushing defeat, May said the Parliament’s rejection says little about what needs to happen in the immediate future. She will now try to gain further assurances from the EU if she survives a no-confidence vote tabled by the leader of the opposition, the leftist leader of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn.
The immediate reaction of Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission leaves little space for a Withdrawal Agreement without a backstop. Within an hour from the vote in the House of Commons, Juncker made clear that “the risk of a disorderly withdrawal from the United Kingdom has increased with this evening’s vote.”
Juncker urged the United Kingdom to clarify its intentions as soon as possible as “Time is almost up.”
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