Brexit-EU: the ledge, at the edge of the abyss
The imperialist bloc of the European Union is going through a serious crisis. And it can get worse. In the first two ballots, the agreement of Prime Minister Theresa May with the European Union was rejected: by 432 votes at the first opportunity and 391 in the second. They were very hard knocks, despite which, May went ahead and prepared for a new vote in Parliament. Even he offered his resignation to win the support of his party hard brexiters.
Third, It was not lucky. May-Brussels proposal was again rejected by 58 votes (344 a 286), when he needed 318 votes to get the most and make the output extension extended until 22 of May, as the EU demanded. In this way, the departure of the United Kingdom was set for 12 of April. "I fear that we are reaching the limit of this process in this House" May said the premier.1 comes swift blows, but this has left uppercut near the knockout. Labor leader, Jeremy Corbyn, He called for the resignation of May and call for general elections
President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, also felt the impact, so he has called a summit next 10 of April, two days before the departure of the United Kingdom. Given the choice "orderly exit" or "Brexit hard", the latter is at option. Equally, It is not the last word since shuffled variants: flexible conditions and terms, convene a new consultation and other, everything is possible when crisis reigns. English define the situation as chaotic and were demonstrations by the permanence.
The 27 imperialist block will meet the 10 of April, on the eve of Easter, when they thought to be on vacation. They will address the differences perspective and with an eye on the elections to the European Parliament next 26 of May. The hardest wing is led France, Spain and Belgium to subject the extension to the UK involvement in elections to the European Parliament.
In the opposite camp Donald Tusk stands, supporter hurry up the chances that the UK Brexit renounce or accept a smooth exit to keep the country anchored to the European market. Germany, Holland and Hungary do not rule out any possibility
Political differences are based on economic damage, disputing sides who will have to pay less for a break without agreement. The EU is clear that suffer, as they enjoy a high trade surplus with the United Kingdom (67.000 million pounds in 2017). And more of 4,5 million Europeans live or work in British territory. Nevertheless, the major economic damage would occur side UK, whose exports depend on more than 40% European market, when the flow is in the opposite direction of the 8%.
The Brexit no agreement could also trigger a conflict between Ireland and the rest of the EU. Brussels insists, with support from Berlin, that without ratifying the agreement would need to set out customs controls between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, to protect the European internal market. Dublin discards a hard border and only seems willing to accept prior checks, away from the border.
You can not encrypt any expectation in negotiations between imperialist blocs and bourgeois governments, with them, the result is sung: the losers will be the workers and peoples. The EU is a block exploitation and oppression at the service of the profits of multinational, banks and the rich.
The troika leading the imperialist bloc on the way to adjust to the workers, liquidate workers' gains and create usurious debts with States. Capitalism never favor large majorities.
Economic attack on the underdog combined with cutting democratic freedoms and xenophobia. Habitually, the so-called "advanced democracies" let them die immigrants in the Mediterranean. EU leads the peoples of the countries that comprise from one crisis, so it is more necessary than ever to break with the European imperialist bloc.
The output should not be led by the bourgeoisie and its governments, not aim to end the system of capitalist profits. It is key that the working class do not be carried away by the parties representing the powerful, it is mobilized independently and Face the construction of an alternative revolutionary socialist politics. From Anticapitalists networking and Turkey PST, with the agreements we have reached, We serve to advance the challenge.
Ruben Tzanoff
reproduced from Anticapitalist Network | 1.4.2019
