The House of Commons of the British Parliament has approved a bill to delay Brexit, according to a report by the British news agency Press Association. As the author of the bill, a representative of the Labour Party, Yvette Cooper,noted on her Twitter page, the document has already received the Queen's approval. According to Cooper, the parliament voted "against the chaos and damage" that could be caused if the United Kingdom leaves the EU without an agreement.

In the summer of 2016, the UK held a referendum on leaving the European Union, which was supported by 51.9% of citizens. For two and a half years, the country's government prepared to fulfill the will of the citizens. The country was expected to leave the EU on March 29, 2019. Then these deadlines were shifted. Without the approval of the agreement with the EU by the country's parliament, Great Britain must leave the European Union by April 12. Otherwise, the procedures must be completed by May 22.

Once the Brexit delay bill becomes law, British Prime Minister Theresa May must announce a deadline for leaving the EU, get parliamentary approval, and submit a request to the EU, which can accept or reject the proposal. However , May has already asked the EU authorities to consider postponing Brexit to a later date – June 30. A corresponding proposal has already been sent to the President of the European Council Donald Tusk.

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A march against Britain's exit from the European Union took place in London. The exact number of participants in the action is unknown, but according to the BBC, "hundreds of thousands of people" took to the streets / Henry Nicholls / Reuters

The UK has seen an outflow of capital and people in the run-up to Brexit. Since the Brexit referendum in June 2016, 23 financial institutions have publicly announced they will move £1 trillion ($1.31 trillion) of assets from the UK to Europe, EY calculated in March. The figure was £800 billion in the last study in late 2018. Financial institutions are also planning to move about 7,000 staff to Europe. Confident investment funds have also sharply reduced their investments in the UK – from $21 billion in 2017 to $1.8 billion last year, the FT wrote , citing a study by Madrid’s IE Business School.

UK House of Commons Gives Final Approval to Brexit Delay