The Conservative Party’s election victory guarantees the UK will exit the EU on 31 January. But it promises little else.
“Get Brexit done”, UK prime minister Boris Johnson repeated ad nauseam during the general election. And with his party set to take 364 seats (326 are needed for a majority), Brexit will be a done deal. “Brexit will now happen”, said former ALDE leader and parliament Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt. But he added the EU must focus on “building a new close,...