The UK struggled Sunday Brexit full post-storm, with a separatist thrust in Scotland and political parties who tear each other apart, while European leaders pushing him toward the exit.
Prime Minister David Cameron is to meet its Council of Ministers on Monday morning and the British Parliament will meet again four days after the vote the British out of the EU. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel will receive her French President Francois Hollande and Italian head of government in Berlin.
After a silence of more than 72 hours, the first words of David Cameron since he announced on Friday his resignation which will take effect in the fall, will be scrutinized closely as his Conservative party is more than ever a prey to divisions and that the country does not know whether to rejoice or cry of his break with the EU.
“and now?” headlined the Sunday Times, summarizing the atmosphere of unrest that has engulfed the UK since the referendum has exacerbated identity and political divisions, and doped secessionist ambitions Scottish nationalists.
“the United Kingdom, for which Scotland has voted to stay in 2014 no longer exists,” said BBC on the first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, who wants a new independence referendum after the September 18, 2014.
Brexit forces, “the context and circumstances have completely changed,” she insisted in stressing that the Scots had, they clearly voted (62%) to stay in the European family.
If the threat of dislocation was not enough, the country must also deal with the wars that shook the two major political parties.
– Peril to Labour –
Accused of not having shown enough zeal to defend the EU, the Labour leader (opposition) Jeremy Corbyn had to dismiss Hilary Benn, one of his opponents within the party before nine officials of his shadow cabinet not slam the door.
“this is a good man and honest but this is not a leader,” blurted Mr. Benn on the BBC.
Jeremy Corbyn not leave office, however, assured one of his lieutenants, John McDonnell, but the stormy meeting expected late Monday afternoon, at which could be considered a confidence motion against him.
the storm also affected since Friday the Conservative party, where the war of succession began.
According to the Observer, the former Mayor of London and leader of the pro-Brexit Boris Johnson is preparing to launch the attack on the party but supporters of the “remain” (stay) would be determined to stop it.
sign of a Brexit which is struggling to pass for part of the British, especially among young people, the petition for the organization of a second referendum Sunday afternoon exceeded the 3.2 million signatories.
in addition to its internal affairs, the United Kingdom should handle the pressing demands of leaders and officials of the European Union to speed up divorce that David Cameron wants to leave to his successor, who will be appointed at the beginning of October congress of his party, the task of managing.
But while Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, on Sunday urged Mr Cameron to enter the EU exit procedure on Tuesday in Brussels, which starts a summit of heads of state and European governments in two days, a European official source affirmed that it would not be the case.
We expect that Cameron presents the results of the referendum (…) we do not expect at this point that Cameron triggers Article 50, “the clause of the Lisbon Treaty which officially will trigger the release of the UK from the EU, the source said .
– ‘Reinventing Europe’ –
on Saturday, foreign ministers of six EU founding countries had pressed London to start the exit process “as soon as possible. “
Francois Hollande said Sunday that France and Germany should” take the lead “on old its meeting in Berlin with Matteo Renzi and Merkel, which adopted a tone rather conciliatory towards London. Berlin and Paris are in “complete agreement on how to handle the situation,” assured the entourage of François Hollande.
According to Article 50 which has not been used so far, to engage its withdrawal, the United Kingdom shall notify the European Council consists of the heads of state and government of its intention to leave the Union.
Friday, Boris Johnson had estimated that the output of the European Union was to be “no rush” while David Cameron announced that she had to wait for the appointment of his successor early October.
it is in this sensitive context that the US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel on Monday in London. He said the United States would like to see the UK “in a different direction,” Sunday in Rome.
For his part, Pope Francis warned Sunday against the risk of “Balkanization “of the European Union.
Irish Parliament must also hold an extraordinary meeting on Monday to talk about the Brexit, he could be one of the main victims of an economic point of view.
06/26/2016 11:08:47 p.m. – London (AFP) – AFP © 2016
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