{"id":18977,"date":"2020-10-02T14:58:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T21:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=18977"},"modified":"2020-10-02T13:06:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T20:06:57","slug":"eu-launches-legal-action-against-uk-over-brexit-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/eu-launches-legal-action-against-uk-over-brexit-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"EU launches legal action against UK over Brexit bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DW – October 1, 2020<\/p>\n

The European Union launched a legal case\u00a0against the United Kingdom on Thursday for a “breach of the good faith articles in the Withdrawal Agreement<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

The action is due to the UK’s new Internal Market Bill that undercuts the British government’s earlier legal commitments as part of the agreement, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

“We had invited our British friends to remove the problematic parts of their draft Internal Market Bill by the end of September,”\u00a0von der Leyen said. “The deadline lapsed yesterday.”<\/p>\n

London has one month in which to respond to the\u00a0formal letter of complaint submitted by\u00a0the Commission. The EU’s executive branch will then assess\u00a0the answer before considering\u00a0further action.<\/p>\n

If the Commission deems the response to be unsatisfactory it then has the option of suing\u00a0at the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice.<\/p>\n

Von der Leyen said it was “the first step in an infringement procedure.”\u00a0A draft “letter of formal notice” has been finalized, meaning\u00a0legal action is imminent.<\/p>\n

The choice of words “leaves some wiggle room to walk this back,” said DW Brussels correspondent Barbara Wesel. “Negotiations about a trade deal are still going on, but they are not going well… and a trade deal cannot come into force if the Internal Market Bill passes.”<\/p>\n

Michael Gove, the UK minister handling Brexit divorce issues, said “differences still remain” between Britain and the EU in trade talks, but that some advances\u00a0had been made\u00a0after the ninth round of negotiations between the two parties took place this week.<\/p>\n

“We made progress in a number of areas and specialized committees will meet in the coming weeks, in order to conclude further work,” Gove told parliament.<\/p>\n

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