London, Dec 30 (EFE) .- The British Prime Minister, the conservative Boris Johnson, will defend this Wednesday before Parliament the agreement on Brexit reached with Brussels, which in his eyes “shows that the United Kingdom can be the the same time (a country) European and sovereign ”.
The deputies will vote on the law that translates into British legislation the commitments acquired with the European Union (EU) on the commercial relationship between both sides of the English Channel as of January 1.
“The central purpose of this law is to achieve something that the British had always felt possible, although they had been told that it was impossible,” Johnson will argue, according to an advance of his speech released by Downing Street, his official office.
“This legislation embodies our vision, shared with other European neighbors, of a new relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union as equal sovereigns, united by friendship, trade, history, interests and values, while respecting the freedom of action of the other ”, the head of government plans to emphasize.
The free trade and cooperation agreement that was reached on the 24th, after nine months of intense negotiations, ensures that the United Kingdom can “trade and cooperate” with the 27 members of the EU “in the closest terms of friendship and goodwill ”, while retaining“ sovereign control ”of its laws and its“ national destiny ”, Johnson will emphasize before the deputies.
Both the leadership of the Labor Party, the first of the opposition, and the most eurosceptic wing of the Conservatives have expressed their support for the text, which anticipates a loose approval in the House of Commons.
The head of government will highlight the “surprising speed” with which the pact has been sealed, compared to the five years it took the EU to finalize a trade agreement with Canada and the six that the European negotiation with Japan lasted.
“We have done this in less than a year, while we were immersed in a pandemic. We have pushed to continue forward, resisting calls to delay it, precisely because creating certainty about our future is the best way to defeat COVID, “adds the prime minister’s speech.
“Now we are going to start a new chapter in our national history, signing trade agreements throughout the world, which will join the 63 countries with which we have already achieved it,” anticipates Johnson, who sees the “global United Kingdom ”As a“ force for good ”on the international scene.
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