Article 50 Extension: Info::
Just read a 'Lawyers for Britain' article on possible A50 extension and it raises some serious questions that are not being discussed by the media. namely:
1.An Article 50 extension to a date after 2 July 2019 would mean there would have to be European Parliament Elections held in the UK in June, and that the MEPs as elected would then sit for the following 5 years, regardless of when the UK leaves the EU. The EU will be very reluctant to grant such an extension due to above.
2.A shorter A50 extension ending before 2 July 2019 would only allow a maximum of 3 more weeks of effective 'UK/EU negotiation time', because the European Parliament will rise on 18 April 2019 before its 2019 Elections. Any Withdrawal Agreement must therefore be ratified by the European Parliament before that date.
3.Any request for an Article 50 extension will make the UK a 'supplicant'. It is likely that onerous conditions will be imposed on UK, whether by the EU collectively or by individual Member States — each of whom has a 'veto'. Spain is likely to demand permanent concessions over Gibraltar, and Germany may want to lock in the UK’s obligation to pay the £39bn under the Withdrawal Agreement.
Summarising: A short extension will only give effectively "3 weeks" from today to strike another deal and get it through our Parliament and ratified by the EU before they rise on April 18th. Probably impossible to achieve.
A long extension after 2nd July 2019 will mean British MEP's for 5 years which the EU will not want if we have left the EU, and EU members will argue for all sorts of compromises such as Gibraltar and Germany will want to lock us in to billions of payments. Leave on the 29th March with a NO DEAL is the only viable option .
Just read a 'Lawyers for Britain' article on possible A50 extension and it raises some serious questions that are not being discussed by the media. namely:
1.An Article 50 extension to a date after 2 July 2019 would mean there would have to be European Parliament Elections held in the UK in June, and that the MEPs as elected would then sit for the following 5 years, regardless of when the UK leaves the EU. The EU will be very reluctant to grant such an extension due to above.
2.A shorter A50 extension ending before 2 July 2019 would only allow a maximum of 3 more weeks of effective 'UK/EU negotiation time', because the European Parliament will rise on 18 April 2019 before its 2019 Elections. Any Withdrawal Agreement must therefore be ratified by the European Parliament before that date.
3.Any request for an Article 50 extension will make the UK a 'supplicant'. It is likely that onerous conditions will be imposed on UK, whether by the EU collectively or by individual Member States — each of whom has a 'veto'. Spain is likely to demand permanent concessions over Gibraltar, and Germany may want to lock in the UK’s obligation to pay the £39bn under the Withdrawal Agreement.
Summarising: A short extension will only give effectively "3 weeks" from today to strike another deal and get it through our Parliament and ratified by the EU before they rise on April 18th. Probably impossible to achieve.
A long extension after 2nd July 2019 will mean British MEP's for 5 years which the EU will not want if we have left the EU, and EU members will argue for all sorts of compromises such as Gibraltar and Germany will want to lock us in to billions of payments. Leave on the 29th March with a NO DEAL is the only viable option .
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