Downing Street under pressure to close down Labour talks on Brexit
rowena mason
april 15 2019
the guardian (uk)
i still am not understanding if and when the UK would be “required” to hold MEP elections...
eg, what could happen, at least in theory, if the UK simply “forgot” to hold MEP elections?
The UK is obliged, as part of the agreements and promises it signed, to hold EU parliamentary elections if it is an EU member. If it does not hold the elections then the situation is similar as if California “forgot” to hold Congress elections.
Come on, you guys are saying the UK should renege on its agreements to Ireland, the US etc in the Good Friday agreement (where it swore to keep the Ireland border open) and now asking it to renege on its sworn promises to hold elections as a member?
Do you want to make the UK a country that does not live up to its promises? That has no honour? That’s just wrong and hopefully the English even in these Theresa-May times - haven’t fallen so far