Johnson signed the deal and expects a “great future” without the EU
The British House of Commons approved the Brexit trade pact on Wednesday just in time for Great Britain to leave the EU for good. The MPs of the House of Commons voted with an overwhelming majority on Wednesday for the corresponding ratification law – with 521 votes to 73. At the turn of the year on Friday night, the Brexit transition phase and thus Great Britain's membership in the EU internal market and in the customs union ends.
It is a great triumph for Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Prime Minister campaigned for the deal with a lot of pathos in the House of Commons – as a historic opportunity and a national fulfillment in equal measure. Now the “old, parched, tired, worn-out arguments” that haunted the country for years would come to an end. Great Britain could finally move into a “new and great future”.
It's the mantra Johnson has been repeating for a long time. Only now can Great Britain be really sovereign, with control over laws and waters, on par with the EU, without breaking off relations, Johnson emphasizes again and again.
The law should only come into force once the House of Lords has voted for it and Queen Elizabeth II has given her formal approval. That was expected in the early hours of Thursday morning. It was considered certain that the law would also find a majority in the second chamber, the House of Lords.
