Four alternatives to
Conservative British Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal with the European Union
on the United Kingdom ’s
leaving the EU were voted down yesterday.
The customs union came closet, losing by only three votes. Staying in the Common Market, a delay of
leaving and conducting another referendum were all rejected. May is considering a fourth vote on her plan
tomorrow, lest the UK
leave the EU by April 12 in a disorderly way without any deal, a prospect that
appears increasingly likely. If her plan
fails to be adopted, she may request a longer extension, but it is not certain
the EU would grant it, although a sufficiently long delay could allow for new
British parliamentary elections that would be a referendum on the UK ’s departure
from the EU.
The
Islamist authoritarian Turkish regime recently struck a major arms deal with
the Russian Federation ,
led by anti-Western tyrant Vladimir Putin.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization punished fellow member Turkey this week by halting an arms sale with Turkey .
The old and
ailing four-term President of Algeria has agreed to resign, in the face of
massive protests against him. He had
earlier announced he would not seek a fifth term, after having declared his
candidacy, because of mass protests.
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