Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom

The U.K. parliament's vote to ask the European Union to delay Brexit until at least June and head off a chaotic end to their 46-year partnership in two weeks, has given both parties and markets a sigh of relief.

British MPs today adopted a government proposal to postpone Brexit, as well as a new vote on the exit treaty agreed by Theresa May and Brussels, the France press said.
 

The European Commission has warned Britain's Parliament that voting against Brexit happening without a withdrawal deal in place isn't enough and lawmakers must approve the deal, too.

The European Union and the British government have negotiated a deal to step out of the stalemate around Brexit, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said, quoted by Associated Press.

Juncker said the EU and the British government are behind the revisions aimed at ending the deadlock over the Brexit agreement.

Brexit could be reversed if lawmakers reject the government's exit deal, British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt said on March 10 after two major euroskeptic factions in parliament warned that Prime Minister Theresa May was facing a heavy defeat.

,,Smooth and regulated exit of the European Union is needed to preserve the good cooperation on a bilateral basis'' said Prime Minister Boyko Borissov  in a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Theresa May, the government information service said, quoted by Econ.bg

The OECD cut forecasts again for the global economy in 2019 and 2020, following on from previous downgrades in November, as it warned that trade disputes and uncertainty over Brexit would hit world commerce and businesses.

The global travel industry is likely to expand by 4 percent in 2019 despite slowing economic growth in key areas such as China and Europe including Turkey, but a no-deal Brexit could wipe out 700,000 travel-related jobs, a top industry association said on March 5.

Theresa May is considering demands from Labour MPs for a parliamentary vote on the UK's future relationship with the EU as the price for backing her Brexit deal, as she faces an uphill battle to win over Conservative Eurosceptics, The Guardian reports.

The front-runner for the European Commission presidency has weighed into a row between the Greek government and the main opposition regarding how Greeks in the United Kingdom will vote in the upcoming European parliamentary elections.