After Boris Johnson took office on Wednesday (24 July 2019), the new prime minister faces the big dilemma: the completion of the country's exit from the European Union by 31 October by agreement or without an agreement, the Queen.
However, this is not all; major challenges and external files await Johnson, not least European relations with Saudi Arabia, particularly in human rights and arms deals, the British oil tanker's detention by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, European policy on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
"British Trump"
The Paris-Berlin-London triangle has so far been the locomotive of EU foreign policy. "I would like to work with him as soon as possible not only on European issues and the continuation of the negotiations on BRICEST, but also on international issues that we are closely coordinating with Britain and Germany," French President Emmanuel Macaron said yesterday. She also congratulated Chancellor Merkel, Johnson: "I look forward to good cooperation, and our two countries must have a close friendship in the future as well"He said.
But many fear the British "Trump" (Johnson) and his close proximity to the US president and their mutual admiration. As soon as Johnson Trump was announced, "Congratulations to Boris Johnson for winning the premiership of the UK.
And in an opinion article on the Foundation's website – According to German journalist Barbara Wiesel, Johnson is a fickle, not a diplomat or an expert on the Middle East. At any moment, he can decide to leave Berlin and Paris and go to Trump. She added that he could be blackmailed by Washington because he was urgently seeking a trade deal with them.
Weapons for Saudi Arabia in billions
On June 20, a British court ruled that Britain's license to sell arms to Saudi Arabia was illegal. The appeals court said the government should review legal procedures to authorize arms sales to Saudi Arabia. But the ruling did not order the suspension of sales.
In response to the decision, the Teresa Mae government announced that it intends to appeal. "As we do so, we will not grant any new export licenses to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners that may be used in the conflict in Yemen, The government to suspend the current arms export licenses for that Gulf state.
British law prohibits issuing arms export licenses when there is a "clear danger" that such weapons could cause "a serious violation of international humanitarian law"He said.
British arms sales to Saudi Arabia accounted for 49 percent of their total arms exports between 2012 and 2017, with an annual value of at least $ 1.4 billion, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. According to the BBC, Britain has licensed arms sales worth 4.7 billion pounds ($ 6 billion) to Saudi Arabia since the start of the "gale storm" in March 2015.
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia on an official visit to London in March 2018
Britain "is a state of institutions"
Unlike the Trump administration, Berlin, London and Paris have been critical of human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia and have urged Riyadh to improve its record in this regard. About a month ago, Teresa Mae said her country wanted to hold accountable those responsible for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. She stressed that her government expects Saudi Arabia "to take the necessary measures to ensure that such violations are not repeated in international and national law."He said.
Director of communications and media and researcher at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Muhannad al-Haj Ali, believes that Johnson's main challenge is internal, not "external," he said in an interview with – That Johnson's preoccupation with securing the exit package from the EU would reflect a weakness in foreign policy.
"If the British foreign policy toward Saudi Arabia is to be separated from Europe, it will not succeed in going far in this path," Haj Ali said. He said that the parliament would put serious obstacles to any radical changes in foreign policy..
Johnson: Saudi Arabia and Iran are moving puppets
In a famous statement dating back to the end of 2016, when he was foreign minister, Johnson accused both Saudi Arabia and Iran of playing puppets and fighting proxy wars.
Today, the former foreign minister heads the government amid a crisis with Tehran over the detention of an Iranian tanker by the authorities in Gibraltar in early July and Iran's arrest of a UK-flagged ship in the Gulf waters last week. The crisis comes amid heightened tension between Iran and the United States following Trump's withdrawal from the nuclear deal signed in 2015.
In an article published yesterday, the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post said that the British carrier's detention was an Iranian attempt to humiliate London, adding that Tehran was betting that the new Johnson government did not want a conflict or even an increase in tension.
The Fusion of the US President and the Godfather of the Century Deal Jared Kouchner at the Manama Workshop under the "Deal of the Century"
"Supportive "of Israel!
Yesterday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz rushed to congratulate Boris Johnson. The congratulations were not surprising, but consistent with the course of historical relations between the Hebrew state and London, including Johnson's tenure of the State Department between 2016 and 2018.
Lebanese researcher Muhannad al-Haj Ali also confirms this point. With regard to the "deal of the century" and the Middle East peace process, Al Haj believes that London "has" no real role here. He added: "Internal obstacles have been prevented without going too far in identifying with the recent American steps, namely the two-state solution. The Palestinian cause has many friends and influential members of the House of Commons, from the leader of the opposition and even to some of the Conservative figures." From the door of "courtesy"He said.
"Johnson is a strong supporter of Israel, but London has lost some of its power in foreign policy," said a second article in the Girawislim Post. In the Metn the newspaper went on to say that "support" Johnson does not reach the level of "support" Trump. "Johnson clearly stated that with the two-state solution, unlike Trump, Johnson criticized the settlement and the Israeli response to terrorism emanating from Gaza," the Israeli newspaper said..
Khaled Salama
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
The man who screams at the megaphone in Westminster on January 15, 2019 is Steve Bray, best known for his "Stop the Break" scream in London since a referendum in the European Union June 2016.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
On the same day there was a resounding defeat awaiting British Prime Minister Theresa May. The British Parliament voted on Tuesday (15 January 2019) overwhelmingly to reject the exit plan, which the May government agreed with the European Union. A total of 432 votes in the House of Commons rejected the plan against 202 and approved it. This is one of the biggest defeats of a prime minister in Britain.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
14 March 2019
LONDON (Reuters) – British MPs overwhelmingly rejected Thursday an amendment requiring a postponement of a second referendum on London's exit from the European Union, 15 days before Britain's March 29 exit from the European Union. But the House of Commons voted in favor of Prime Minister Teresa May's proposal to extend the exit negotiations for a three-month period until June 30.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
EU politicians agreed that the day of rejection of the BRICEST plan was a sad day for Europe. "I call on Britain to clarify its intentions as soon as possible," European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said. "The exit agreement is a fair settlement and the best possible agreement, which limits the adverse effects of Brixt on citizens and businesses across Europe," he said.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
German politicians agreed with their European counterparts that "it was a sad day for Europe." Ingrid Kramp-Cranbauer, leader of the Christian Democrats and a potential successor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, expressed "deep regret" over the British decision. "The harsh precast will be the worst choice," she wrote on Twitter, urging the British people not to rush into "anything."
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
Labor leader Jeremy Corbin has used the chaos before the vote on the House of Commons to call for fresh elections if the deal is rejected, asserting that his party will present a no-confidence motion for the government. Corbin also stressed that an EU exit without an agreement would be "catastrophic" and that in that case he would prefer to reach agreement on a second referendum.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
14 January 2019
May urged MPs to "take a second look" at their exit agreement and warned them that voting against him would open the door to the break-up of the United Kingdom.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
11 December 2018:
Losing a confirmed defeat, British Prime Minister Theresa May delayed a parliamentary vote on her country's exit from the European Union until January 2019, so she could get support from more lawmakers.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
Relations between Britain and the European Union have long passed through difficult times and complex negotiations that began with Britain's request for membership of the economic group that preceded the union in 1961, which had a French objection that hampered the project for 12 years. After the UK entered the group in 1973, the relationship remained tense and tense.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
9 August 1961
Conservative British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan has nominated his country to the European Economic Community (EEC), which preceded and paved the way for the European Union.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
14 January 1963
General Charles de Gaulle vetoed for the first time objecting to the entry of the United Kingdom into the European Common Market and re-entered it for the second time on 27 November 1967 for the same purpose.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
The first of January 1973
British Prime Minister Edward Heath signed the instrument of accession to the European Community on 22 January 1972. The United Kingdom became a member of the European Economic Community at the same time with Ireland and Denmark as of 1 January 1973.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
5 June 1975
Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher led the British to vote yes to stay in the EEC on June 5, 1975. Thatcher fought in Europe wearing a sweatshirt bearing the flags of European countries. Sixty-seven percent of Britons supported staying in the EEC.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
30 November 1979
But Prime Minister Thatcher called for six years of voting to join the European Economic Community (EEC) decisively against her country's participation in the European budget and said her famous word "I want to get my money back", a request she got in 1984.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
20 September 1988
In 1988, Thatcher, in a speech in Bruges, Belgium, rejected any federal development of the European structure. In the photo, Thatcher met former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in 1988.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
7 February 1992
Germany and Britain signed the Maastricht Treaty, the second major work of the European structure after the Treaty of Rome in 1957. Britain enjoyed an exceptional clause allowing it not to join under the umbrella of the single currency (the euro).
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
23 July 1993
Conservative Prime Minister John Major persuaded parliament to ratify the Maastricht Treaty after he voted to resign. On the same day, three of his ministers dubbed Europe "cowards". In the photo, European leaders celebrate the Maastricht Treaty.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
20 April 2004
The pro-European prime minister, Tony Blair, announced his intention to hold a referendum on the European constitution, which was not finally approved because of the opposition of France and Denmark. In the photo Tony Blair with former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
23 January 2013
Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron vowed in a speech to hold a referendum on his country's membership in the EU if his party wins the legislative elections in 2015.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
22 May 2014
The British Independence Party, which is skeptical of Europe and anti-immigration, is leading the results of the European elections with more than 26% of the votes to get 24 deputies.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
7 May 2015
The conservative party won the legislative elections. The law will be adopted by a referendum before the end of 2017, just before Christmas 2015.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
20 February 2016
David Cameron announced that the referendum would be held on June 23, 2016, the day after an agreement on reforms was announced at a summit in Brussels.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
15 April 2016
The official campaign for the referendum, scheduled for June 23 of the same year, begins in the United Kingdom.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
23 June 2016
British voters voted for their country's exit from the European Union by 52% who voted.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
29 March 2017
President of the European Council Donald Tusk receives a letter from British Prime Minister Theresa May to do Article 50 of the Lisbon Agreement, beginning with the UK's exit from the BRICEST. This process is expected to last for two years and be completed at 2300 hours on 29 March 2019.
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UK and EU – Stations in the history of marriage and divorce
22 November 2018
The European Union and the United Kingdom reached a temporary agreement on their relations after BRICEST, a week after they agreed on Britain's "withdrawal agreement". These agreements are supposed to be endorsed by European leaders at an extraordinary summit in Brussels on Sunday, 25 November 2018.
Author: زمن البدري / م.س
