After the Informal Summit in Austria, the debate on the Brexit increased without agreement between the EU countries, the parties of the United Kingdom and the public opinion

The separation of the United Kingdom from the European Union, known as Brexit, is in a climate of uncertainty. The Informal Summit of Salzburg in Austria put the situation in an arduous debate between the countries of the EU, the parties of the United Kingdom and the public opinion. The Head of the European Council, Donald Tusk, proposed an extraordinary summit for November in order to discuss the Brexit and move closer to a final agreement. In a press release, he referred to a moment of hope, but with less and less time.

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The future of the commercial relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom is on the line. The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, remains fixed with her position of a "hard Brexit" and that was criticized in the informal summit by her counterparts, like Angela Merkel.

The United Kingdom seeks to negotiate a free movement of goods that goes against the principle of the single market by not taking IGNORE INTO account the free movement of people, services, and capital, even knowing that it is not a debatable point before the EU.

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Immigration control was another issue to be highlighted at the Informal Summit in Salzburg for the access that citizens of the European Union will have in the British territory from March 2019. Under the proposal of specialization above nationality, according to media information English, a concern is generated in the 27 countries of the EU by citizens in immigration processes or who currently reside in the United Kingdom. Without the free movement of people, it is difficult to propose a free movement of goods.

May and the Conservative Party does not want to give a twist, much less when it comes to the two Irlands. How the post-Brexit will be the borders between Ireland (EU country) and Northern Ireland (British province) has become a sensitive issue for radicals in favor of Brexit, because it requires economic integration and soft borders in the island so as not to generate instability and conflicts in the future.

While the negotiations continue, the parties in the United Kingdom seek to minimize the negative effects of Brexit. The Labor Party Conference supports a second referendum on the final agreement between Brussels and London. Keir Starmer, member of the Labor Parliament and spokesman for the Brexit, told the BBC to reject a bad agreement and also reject a non-agreement because "that is not good for the country."

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For its part, Theresa May's Conservative Party also has its divisions. The prime minister promises a Brexit with or without the support of Brussels holding the interests of London firm, but party members like Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson put the conservative debate on the other side of the coin by qualifying Theresa May to make an agreement suicide with great costs for the United Kingdom.

Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to an article in El Mundo, predicts an agreement without serious consequences reflected in the reduction of growth, an increase in the deficit and a depreciation of the currency. The tension increases with public opinion as an enemy of Brexit for the EU Summit on October 18, in which it is expected to make significant progress so that Parliament can ratify an agreement on time and with sufficient votes.

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Translated from: 'Brexit: Las relaciones entre la UE y el Reino Unido están en la cuerda floja'