Brexit Finally Gets Its Deal, May Just Be A Start of New Anxious Times

By Suresh Chouksey

The writer is a student of Journalism and International Relations.

The case of Brexit almost fell through where it became seemingly difficult to predict the time by which there will be some kind of agreement. Well, let’s say after over 800 days they have finally come to an agreement. The ball is in the court of British cabinet now which needs convincing by the Prime Minister Theresa may. She needs the cabinet approval to follow through what went on for like a 2-year long process.

The Cabinet Approval

The problem starts with Britain’s cabinet having lost all support for any side of Brexit. So far for not once have May’s plan been executed or voted with majority. The internal issue is about the judgement of the Brexiteers about the text that holds the deal. She has to make them agree that for this time EU has laid out a perfect agreement keeping in mind the British concerns and European coherent policies. The next in line event if everything goes well for Theresa May is that there is an actual European Union’s parliamentary level meeting with all 25 constituent states participating in it. This meeting may well be the stepping stone towards the successful parting of the Britain from the European Union. If this was not all, the turnaround after this step seems much more difficult for Theresa May. The European Parliament is a step which if things go as expected-may be an okay-ish step which would be good enough to pass through and win. The real dilemma is when she tries to push the deal through her own parliament. This is where Theresa lacks real support and is obliged to count on the remaining few supporters. There are two main opposition parties in Britain one of them is the main opposition which is namely the Labor Party. As we might expect, she already has those votes fielded against her. But if this was not enough, May has got to tackle a different kind of situation too. Which is the inter party disconcerting attitude towards the deal she has agreed with the European Union. About 20 MPs including the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party which has its own 10 MPs who have not supported the agreement in the previous rulings and have also publicly shown their disappointment towards the present deal. Their concern is the place that Northern Ireland is getting in the United Kingdom after the deal gets struck. May has so far been able to counter none of these persistent calls towards a better, wider deal for Britain. While at the end, EU sessions give her another condition as the EU stiffens itself time and again.

The house of commons is a tricky battlefield and it can either jeopardies any kind of deal through the legal means or it can further stall the deal with more demands. For the European Union, it’s a situation they want to get rid of totally before the European Elections next year. Still a long way to go it seems.