12/06/2019 (Agence Europe) – The British House of Commons on Wednesday 12 June rejected a resolution giving British MPs the means to prevent a no-deal exit from the EU on 31 October. By 309 votes to 298, they rejected a transparent motion, initiated by Labour, that sought to give MPs the means to force a Prime Minister to avoid this scenario and allow him or her to legislate in this direction. This rejection should serve Boris Johnson's strategy, who is a prospective successor to Theresa May and who wants to make no-deal a bargaining chip with the EU, but does not claim that this is his ultimate goal. Until April, the House of Commons had approved all the amendments tabled, aimed precisely at eliminating this no-deal exit scenario. (SP)