British parliament approves Brexitplan

london - The British parliament Monday night finally approved the Brexitplan Prime Minister Theresa May. She can Tuesday with an unchanged bill to the Queen who formally have to approve to use Article 50 to initiate the withdrawal from the European Union.

The House of Commons indicated earlier in the evening that the proposal to give the parliament more say in the final text of the Brexitplan. That happened with 331 against 286 votes. The House of Lords given earlier this month that May had to adapt its Brexit proposal.

The amendment of the Lords would guarantee the protection of the rights of EU residents in Britain. The parliament would then be given a right of veto over the final terms to withdraw from the EU. The House of Commons declined the honor and thus supported the departure agreement May has in mind. The last word was still in the Lords, but stopped as expected their resistance.