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[2019-01-15 Tue]

Theresa May's Brexit deal faces vote in Parliament

브렉시트(영국의 유럽연합 탈회) 합의안에 대한 하원의 승인투표가 영국 현지시간으로 15일 오후 7시에 치뤄진다는 기사.

CNN에서 Live Update 중이다.

What we're covering here

• It's crunch time for the PM's Brexit deal, with lawmakers set to vote on the UK's withdrawal agreement with the EU.
• Theresa May is widely expected to lose the vote by a wide margin -- some predicting the bill could be defeated by between 100 and 200 votes.
• First though, MPs will have a chance to table amendments to the deal -- including everything from small tweaks to ruling out a no-deal option.
• The "meaningful vote" is set to happen after 7pm local time (2pm ET).

• crunch time : 결정적 순간, 중요한 시기
• withdrawal agreement : 협정 철회
• First though : 
• MP : Member of Parliament 하원의원
• table : (의안등을) 상정하다.
• amendment : 개정안
• tweak : 약간의 수정
• rule out :  배제하다
• no-deal :  무협상.  여기서는 영국이 EU 탈퇴시 아무 협상없이 즉시 탈퇴하는 경우를 말한다. 사회 전영역에서 EU와의 모든 교류가 끊기므로 엄청난 혼란이 예상된다.
• 7pm local time (2pm ET) - 한국시간 16일 오전 4시

[2019-01-16 Wed]

Theresa May's Brexit plan suffers historic defeat

윗글에 이어 동일한 Link (Live Update라)

테레사 메이의 브렉시트 협상안이 역대 정부 중 최저득표로 부결됨에 따라 영국정치상황은 한치 앞을 알 수 없는 안개 속이 되었다.

What we're covering here

• UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan has been crushed by 432 votes to 202, a historic defeat
• Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has put forward a no confidence vote for Wednesday
• It's unclear what happens next, with Britain's exit from the European Union 73 days away

• no confidence vote : 내각불신임 투표

- Theresa May's statement (full)

Mr Speaker, the House has spoken and the Government will listen.

It is clear that the House does not support this deal. But tonight’s vote tells us nothing about what it does support. Nothing about how -- or even if -- it intends to honor the decision the British people took in a referendum Parliament decided to hold.

People, particularly EU citizens who have made their home here and UK citizens living in the EU, deserve clarity on these questions as soon as possible. Those whose jobs rely on our trade with the EU need that clarity. So with your permission Mr Speaker I would like to set out briefly how the Government intends to proceed.

First, we need to confirm whether this Government still enjoys the confidence of the House. I believe that it does, but given the scale and importance of tonight’s vote it is right that others have the chance to test that question if they wish to do so. I can therefore confirm that if the Official Opposition table a confidence motion this evening in the form required by the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, the Government will make time to debate that motion tomorrow. And if, as happened before Christmas, the Official Opposition decline to do so, we will – on this occasion - consider making time tomorrow to debate any motion in the form required from the other opposition parties, should they put one forward.

Second, if the House confirms its confidence in this Government I will then hold meetings with my colleagues, our Confidence & Supply partner the DUP and senior Parliamentarians from across the House to identify what would be required to secure the backing of the House. The Government will approach these meetings in a constructive spirit, but given the urgent need to make progress, we must focus on ideas that are genuinely negotiable and have sufficient support in this House.

Third, if these meetings yield such ideas, the Government will then explore them with the European Union.

Mr Speaker I want to end by offering two reassurances.

The first is to those who fear that the Government’s strategy is to run down the clock to 29th March. That is not our strategy. I have always believed that the best way forward is to leave in an orderly way with a good deal and have devoted much of the last two years to negotiating such a deal. As you confirmed Mr Speaker, the amendment to the business motion tabled last week by my Right Honorable and Learned Friend the Member for Beaconsfield is not legally binding, but the Government respects the will of the House. We will therefore make a statement about the way forward and table an amendable motion by Monday.

The second reassurance is to the British people, who voted to leave the European Union in the referendum two and a half years ago. I became Prime Minister immediately after that referendum. I believe it is my duty to deliver on their instruction and I intend to do so.  

Mr Speaker every day that passes without this issue being resolved means more uncertainty, more bitterness and more rancor. The Government has heard what the House has said tonight, but I ask Members on all sides of the House to listen to the British people, who want this issue settled, and to work with the Government to do just that.