The EU 'crumbled' under Boris Johnson's determination
The United Kingdom has finally reached a trade deal with the European Union, but it was only achieved after the EU "crumbled" under the weight of Boris Johnson's "determination," says Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen. The British parliament is, on Wednesday (local time), expected to ratify the trade deal struck on Christmas Eve only a week before the deadline. The hard-line group of Euro-skeptic, Conservative MPs - the European Research Group - gave the deal its tick of approval after declaring the agreement "preserves the UK's sovereignty as a matter of law". Mr Bridgen said the "deal was on" once legal experts declared Prime Minister Boris Johnson had not compromised any of the country's "negotiation red lines". He said parliament on Wednesday would be a very "perverse situation" given staunch euro-skeptics like the European Research Group would be voting for a free-trade deal with Europe, while "declared Europhiles" would vote against the agreement. "Since we've passed legislation that meant we're leaving with or without a deal on the 31st of December, that means they're voting for no deal," Mr Bridgen said. "I don't know how they're going to explain that to their voters." The Conservative MP said the deal was only struck "through Boris Johnson's determination" and because the prime minister and his chief negotiator David Frost were "sticking to their guns". "At the last minute the European Union crumbled," he said. "It's clear they needed a deal at least as much as we did."
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The United Kingdom has finally reached a trade deal with the European Union, but it was only achieved after the EU "crumbled" under the weight of Boris Johnson's "determination," says Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen. The British parliament is, on Wednesday (local time), expected to ratify the trade deal struck on Christmas Eve only a week before the deadline. The hard-line group of Euro-skeptic, Conservative MPs - the European Research Group - gave the deal its tick of approval after declaring the agreement "preserves the UK's sovereignty as a matter of law". Mr Bridgen said the "deal was on" once legal experts declared Prime Minister Boris Johnson had not compromised any of the country's "negotiation red lines". He said parliament on Wednesday would be a very "perverse situation" given staunch euro-skeptics like the European Research Group would be voting for a free-trade deal with Europe, while "declared Europhiles" would vote against the agreement. "Since we've passed legislation that meant we're leaving with or without a deal on the 31st of December, that means they're voting for no deal," Mr Bridgen said. "I don't know how they're going to explain that to their voters." The Conservative MP said the deal was only struck "through Boris Johnson's determination" and because the prime minister and his chief negotiator David Frost were "sticking to their guns". "At the last minute the European Union crumbled," he said. "It's clear they needed a deal at least as much as we did."
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