a bill to stop no-deal Brexit passed by Parliament
英國議會通過法案,阻止無協議脫歐
Brexit lawmakers battling PM Boris Johnson’s plan to leave the EU without a divorce deal took a big step Wednesday toward passing a bill that could stop him from implementing his vow to deliver Brexit in less than two months. The passage of the bill through the House of Lords Friday was the latest blow for the embattled PM in a disastrous week which has seen him repeatedly defeated at Westminster, lose his majority, fail to call a snap election, expel 21 of his MPs and watch his own brother walk out of his government. The legislation, tabled after MPs seized control of the Commons agenda, is now due to become law by going to the Queen for royal assent before parliamentary sittings are suspended next week. (AP, Independent)
9月4日,英國下院在阻止首相鮑裡斯·詹森的無協議脫歐計劃上邁出重要一步:下院通過一項法案,或將阻止詹森兌現在兩個月內實現脫歐的承諾。9月6日,上院批准該法案,讓在議會屢屢受挫的詹森再遭重創。這一周,詹森政府在議會中失去多數席位,詹森提議提前大選失敗,保守黨內21名議員被開除黨籍,詹森弟弟從政府內閣辭職,可謂禍不單行。該法案於下院奪取議會控制權①後正式提出,將於下周議會休會之前,呈請女王御準後生效。
【背景補充】
① 英國首相詹森領導的保守黨本在下議院中佔多數席位。9月3日,下院舉行投票,有21名保守黨議員倒戈,不再支持詹森所在的保守黨,與反對黨議員聯手奪取對議會進程的控制權。至此,作為黨魁的詹森和他所領導的政府失去了對議會下院事務的控制力。
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