EU to UK: No deal, leave April 12th or our deal, leave May 22nd or maybe you should cancel Brexit

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Last December, I posted that some believe that UK Prime Minister Theresa May was trying to run out the clock and leave the Parliament with the choice of her proposed Brexit deal or no deal (see Brexit: Is Theresa May playing ‘Deal or No Deal’?).

Well, with a week to go to the original Brexit date, the clock has almost been completely run out. But instead, the UK has asked the EU for an extension. And the EU has agreed to one, but not quite what many in the UK wanted:

March 22, 2019

BRUSSELS (AP) — Extra time has been added to the Brexit countdown clock. The European Union has granted Britain a few more weeks to overcome its political deadlock and chart a smooth road out of the bloc — or change its mind and seek a much longer delay.

Here’s a look at what might happen next:

DEAL OR NO DEAL

With Brexit due in little over a week, British Prime Minister Theresa May came to Brussels seeking a three-month delay so she could salvage her twice-rejected EU divorce deal. Instead, the 27 other EU leaders offered a two-stage “flextension.” If U.K. lawmakers approve the divorce deal agreed between Britain and the bloc, Britain will leave on May 22.

If they defeat it, Britain has until April 12 to tell the EU what it plans to do next: leave without a deal, risking economic chaos, or seek a long delay to Brexit and chart a course toward a softer exit or even remaining in the bloc.

EUROPEAN ELECTIONS

The key factor in the EU’s decision is the election for the European Parliament due to be held May 23-26.

The bloc is adamant Britain must not take part if it is leaving — hence the May 22 cutoff date.

April 12 is the deadline for candidates to be enrolled, so the U.K. must decide before then if it is putting its departure on longer hold, in which case it would participate in the elections. https://www.apnews.com/69f677f54adf49ad95289ec9dfccdc7e

“Deal or No Deal” was the name of a television game show that was popular in the USA and UK for a time. It was essentially a high risk game that was based upon luck. Brexit is more complicated and serious.

The EU does not want the UK to vote in its upcoming election unless it stays in the EU as a normal voting member:

22 March 2019

Mrs May had hoped to persuade the EU to delay the 29 March Brexit date – which is set in law – to 30 June. … But the EU says a further extension beyond 12 April is only possible if the UK agrees to hold European elections on 23 May.

Mrs May has said the UK will not take part in the vote.

The EU’s offer means a no-deal Brexit is considerably less likely on 29 March. But it is not off the table yet and the way forward is far from clear.

What will happen next?

MPs are expected to vote for a third time on the Brexit deal, possibly on Tuesday.

Speaker John Bercow had originally refused a third vote on the deal unless what was put forward must be substantially different to be voted on.

They also have to agree to change the 29 March date to leave the EU. …

EU leaders were reportedly unconvinced by Theresa May’s assurance that she could convince the UK Parliament to back her withdrawal deal. …

French President Emmanuel Macron said he thought she had a chance of 10% of having her deal approved but after listening to her he had cut his estimate to 5%, Reuters news agency said.

European Council President Donald Tusk replied that Mr Macron was being “very optimistic”, it reported. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47665289

The EU does not believe that the UK Parliament will vote to accept the deal that it has twice rejected.

The EU has also stated before that if the UK withdraws its request to leave the EU that it can stay. Many in the UK do want Brexit cancelled, but many others do not.

Theresa May has indicated that the UK will leave, but she also indicated before she would not accept any extension, yet pleaded for (and sort of got) one yesterday in Brussels. So, it is uncertain what she will do if her deal is not approved (voted against for the third time) next week.

Last December, Euro-skeptic Nigel Farage had strong words about Prime Minister May’s Brexit deal:

“The Worst Deal in History”: Theresa May’s Surrender

December 4, 2018

This “deal” will cost the British taxpayer, £60 billion; require that the British still comply with EU rules without having any say in what those will be, and worst of all, it permits the British to leave the EU only if the EU agrees. As Nigel Farage, former UKIP leader and one of creators of Brexit, asks, “Why should it?”

This “deal” effectively commits the British to subjugation by the EU in perpetuity, with no recourse should the British change their mind. It is a prison. It is also the first step of the EU toward its dream of global governance: unaccountable, untransparent, unelected by the public, and with no way out.

The French will still be able to fish in British waters, and the Spanish will claim that the UK will have to open talks on the sovereignty of Gibraltar. As Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said, “Once the UK has left the EU, Gibraltar’s political, legal and even geographic relationship with the EU will go through Spain…”

New trade barriers would also be put in place between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, fundamentally undermining the constitutional and economic integrity of the United Kingdom.

This “deal” is, in reality, a sell-out. Farage has described it as “The worst deal in history”; even more wretched, as he points out, is that — as one cannot leave it without the EU’s permission — it offers Britain even less sovereignty than it has now. …

There must be no “deal” — apart from the one for which the British voted and were repeatedly promised (falsely as it turns out) would be honoured. 12/04/19 https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13360/brexit-no-deal

While I would not agree that Theresa May has been pushing “the worst deal in history,” there are obviously many issues that many have about it. And it was defeated by what may have been the highest margin ever in the British Parliament.

I have been warning for some time that Northern Ireland would be a major issue with Brexit, and it clearly is as that is the main issue brought forth for NOT accepting the deal that Theresa May agreed to.

Yet, once again, Theresa May seems to hope that given the option of her deal or no deal, that Parliament will choose her route.

She is playing a high stakes political game.

A no deal Brexit is often referred to as a hard Brexit.

Many who voted for a Brexit seem to prefer a hard Brexit to Theresa May’s deal.

However, most in Parliament do not seem to want the UK to exit the European Union, so some like at least aspects of Theresa May’s deal.

Even if there is a ‘hard’ (no deal with the EU) or ‘soft’ (May’s proposal) Brexit. or even if there is NO Brexit, all this Brexit talk has upset the Europeans and they will not forgive and forget.

Consider that the Bible itself teaches that Europe will reorganize and unite (Revelation 17:12-13; see also Must the Ten Kings of Revelation 17:12 Rule over Ten Currently Existing Nations?), as well as become the dominant world trading power for a time (Revelation 17 & 18). The Bible also teaches of a time of Jacob’s trouble (Jeremiah 30:7)–and this will include the UK (as well as the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand).

Europe is not going to ‘get over’ the Brexit and will one day take actions that most of those in the UK (as well as USA and Canada) will not consider possible (cf. Daniel 8:24-25, 11:39; see also USA in Prophecy: The Strongest Fortresses).

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