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UK Prime Minister Theresa May Will Resign, Pass the Brexit
Theresa May has announced that she will resign as UK's Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party:
Mrs. May announced on Friday that she would be stepping down as leader of her Conservative Party and then as Britain's prime minister, after repeatedly failing to win Parliament's approval for a deal to withdraw the country from the European Union.
A successor to Theresa May will be chosen before Parliament's summer break, the Conservative Party chairman said. She will continue as prime minister until the leadership contest is finished.
[...] Standing in front of 10 Downing Street, Mrs. May said it was in the "best interests of the country for a new prime minister" to lead Britain through the Brexit process. She announced plans to step down as the leader of the Conservative Party on June 7, with the process to replace her beginning the following week.
Previously: Theresa May: UK's Next Prime Minister?
UK PM Theresa May announces resignation amid fury over Brexit handling
foxnews.com/world/uk-pm-theresa-may-announces-resignation-amid-fury-over-brexit-handling
May spoke outside 10 Downing Street after a meeting with Graham Brady, the head of the 1922 Committee of Conservative Party backbenchers. She said she will step down on June 7. Her resignation will trigger a party leadership contest, and whoever wins that contest will take over as prime minister.
[...] Her announcement could complicate the upcoming June 3 state visit by President Trump to London to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, where he will also meet with Queen Elizabeth II.
May will still be in office during that visit, meaning it will nix the chance for a new prime minister to forge ties with the American president at a time where such relations are vital. A U.S.-U.K. trade deal is a top priority for the U.K. as it looks to depart from the European Union and begin making its own trade agreements -- and Trump has said "the potential is unlimited" for such a deal.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @10:59PM (2 children)
Regarding your item #2:
Correction. The USA is the world's biggest economy.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday May 24 2019, @11:15PM (1 child)
This puts the US third, quoting CIA numbers :
https://www.thebalance.com/world-s-largest-economy-3306044 [thebalance.com]
This puts the US in front of the EU for only the last few years, and not in PPP terms :
https://mgmresearch.com/us-vs-eu-a-gdp-comparison/ [mgmresearch.com]
Regardless of specific numbers, the point was that, outside their former colonies, the EU is a Foreign policy dwarf compared to the other 2, when it's "as big" economically. Each country goes its own way, so the block sucks at wielding the soft power their Euros/GBP should have.
(Score: 2) by quietus on Saturday May 25 2019, @11:38AM
About any product you buy, now or in future, is built according to EU standards. Is that not enough in terms of soft power?
Foreign policy faces the same issue as the refugee crisis: both touch upon borders, or the very essence of an independent state. The EU is not a State: it is an intergovernmental cooperation agreement, whose main concern is to avoid encroaching upon sovereignty rights of their (independent) member states.