(Teleborsa) – Brexit is increasingly distant and the hypothesis of launching a free trade system for Great Britain is rather unlikely, despite the popular will to make Great Britain independent from the EU.
This is the picture facing British citizens, who voted to leave the European Union, just five months after the referendum.
A British Supreme Court justice, Lady Brenda Hale, has suggested that it could take the British Parliament two years to implement Brexit, after the High Court has decided that it is up to the legislature to pass the law.
The British government, which planned to invoke article 50 of the European Treaty in March 2017 to conclude the process by 2019, has appealed against this sentence and it will be the Supreme Court that will decide whether to accept it or not. In the meantime, Lady Hale has proposed that it will not be enough for Parliament to approve a simple law, but the European Communities Act will have to be repealed, extending the timeframe by two years and starting the procedure only in 2019.
Even the hypothesis of free trade and consequent exit from the Customs Union, proposed by the British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, is being harshly criticized in Brussels. Speaking is the President of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who speaks of "impossible" and "politically unavailable" promises.
"I don't think he's giving the British an honest picture of what is achievable with this negotiation," said Dijsselbloem, hoping for "a deal as good as possible."
Despite institutional quibbles and negotiating difficulties, the business world continues to move forward without fear: Google plans to hire 3 people in new offices being built at King's Cross railway station in London.
