Unanimously, the representatives of the member states of the European Union (EU) gave their approval for provisional application on Monday, December 28, from 1er January, of the post-Brexit deal reached last week with the UK.
Formal adoption by governments is expected by Tuesday afternoon, tweeted German EU Presidency spokesperson Sebastian Fischer. The British Parliament’s vote on the deal will take place on Wednesday. The Labor opposition has already said it will support the deal. Finally, the approval of MEPs is expected in early 2021.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced for his part that he had met with European Council President Charles Michel. “I welcomed the importance of this agreement as a new starting point for our relationship, between sovereign equals, he tweeted. We look forward to the formal ratification of this agreement and our joint work on shared priorities, such as tackling climate change. “
1,246 pages
The agreement reached between London and Brussels on Thursday will help preserve the UK’s quota-free and tariff-free access to the single European market, which has some 450 million consumers, but will not prevent disruption and economic effects unwanted for UK or EU member states.
Many aspects of the future relationship between the two blocs remain to be defined and this process could take years. Published on Saturday by the British government, the text includes a 1,246-page trade agreement, as well as provisions on nuclear energy and on the exchange of classified information as well as a series of joint statements.
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