Q&A: What does the snap election mean for Brexit negotiations?

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Series Details 20.04.17
Publication Date 20/04/2017
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As soon as Theresa May announced on the 18 April 2017 an early general election for the 8 June 2017, just weeks after triggering Article 50, the vote was being dubbed the 'Brexit election'. May is likely to campaign on a strategy of 'vote Conservative for my vision of Brexit'. While there are divisions in the Conservative party about what Brexit means, there are greater divisions about what it means within the Labour party. The opposition begins the campaign on the back foot.

But what does this election mean for the actual Brexit process? There are several important implications.

Source Link https://theconversation.com/qanda-what-does-the-snap-election-mean-for-brexit-negotiations-76470
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ESO: Key source: United Kingdom: Parliamentary Election, 8 June 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/united-kingdom-general-election-2017/
Blog: The Federal Trust, 25.04.17: The Brexit election will not make Brexit easier for Mrs. May http://fedtrust.co.uk/the-brexit-election-will-not-make-brexit-easier-for-mrs-may/
Blog: UK in a Changing Europe, 03.05.17: A Brexit election? http://ukandeu.ac.uk/a-brexit-election/
Social Europe, 08.05.17: Theresa May’s Pyrrhic Victory https://www.socialeurope.eu/2017/05/theresa-mays-pyrrhic-victory/
The Conversation, 11.05.17: Why a landslide victory might actually be a bad thing for Theresa May https://theconversation.com/why-a-landslide-victory-might-actually-be-a-bad-thing-for-theresa-may-77430
Blog: UCL Constitution Unit, 22.05.17: Why a landslide victory might actually be a bad thing for Theresa May https://ucl-brexit.blog/2017/05/22/why-a-landslide-victory-might-actually-be-a-bad-thing-for-theresa-may/

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