Theresa May retains her chair in Downing Street. After la Parliamentary defeat over Brexit deal, where the Premier received the most resounding defeat ever remedied by a British government since 1924, May overcomes yet another crossfire that awaited her in Westminster.
The motion of no confidence tabled by the Labor leader, Jeremy Corbyn, against the government was rejected by 325 votes against. 306 those in favor.
After the "betrayal" on the Brexit agreement, where over a third of the Conservative Party voted against the ok to the agreement with Brussels, this time the majority voted together. In addition to the votes of the Tories, May also received the decisive ones from the DUP, the Irish unionist party which, with her support, keeps the government going.
The promises made on the eve of the vote of no confidence by the Prime Minister therefore seem to have hit the mark: "If the government gets the vote of confidence, it will take new steps with the European Union," he said.
The hard times for the British Premier, however, are not over. May will have to be able to find the crux of the matter, trying in every way to avoid the specter of no deal. Many the scenarios proposed by analysts: from a second referendum, through a postponement of the exit date up to a "Norwegian model". What is certain is that given the numerous votes against (over 200) it seems impossible that May will reappear in Parliament with the same agreement rejected on January 15th.
In the afternoon, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, he seems to have extended a hand: “We still have time to negotiate but now it is the British premier who has to make a proposal. We think that now it's up to the British side, and the premier has also announced it, to tell us how we will go forward ”, added the chancellor from Berlin, speaking on the sidelines of a parliamentary commission.
However, it is impossible not to consider that the hands continue to flow: Brexit, officially, is in fact scheduled for March 29th. We must also take into account the fact that Merkel's overtures were countered by the closing words of the spokeswoman for the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, who reiterated that: “The Brexit deal cannot be renegotiated. It is now up to the UK to say what it wants to do. We look forward to hearing from them what the next steps are”. Even the EU negotiator Michel Barnier confirmed before the European Parliament that the agreement rejected in London "cannot be renegotiated".
