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Brexit: May Threatening UK’s Rebel Legislators with General Election

Brexit: May Threatening UK’s Rebel Legislators with General Election
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UK Prime Minister Theresa May threatened rebel Conservative lawmakers with a general election this summer if they defeated her plans on customs after Brexit.

The British Parliament voted 307 to 301 against an amendment to the trade bill that would have required the government to try to negotiate a customs union arrangement with the European Union by January 21, 2019.

May nearly avoided a parliamentary defeat at the hands of pro-EU lawmakers from her own party in the vote, the UK-based media outlet reported.

There have been four major votes in recent British political history: the Scottish independence referendum of 2014, the 2015 UK election, the Brexit referendum of 2016 and the snap election called by May last year.

Last week, May said that the possibility for the country to stay within the EU single market and customs union after Brexit is not up for discussion.

On July 12, the British government published its long-anticipated White Paper on the United Kingdom's relations with the European Union after Brexit.

In the document, London outlined its plans to leave the EU Single Market and the Customs Union, ending free movement and the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the United Kingdom.

The government announced its plans to introduce a special customs procedure with the European Union, which would be implemented in stages.

The White Paper also proposed the establishment of a new partnership in the security field, providing for close cooperation between EU and UK law enforcement agencies, an exchange of intelligence information and the United Kingdom's participation in the work of the Europol and Eurojust.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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