A staff member arranges flags of the UK and the EU before the meeting between President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 17, 2019. Protracted Brexit reveals institutional flaws of Western democracies On Oct. 28, the European Union accepted Britain's request for further delay of the Brexit date until Jan. 31, 2020, the third Brexit extension. Theresa May resigned as British prime minister after her Brexit deal was repeatedly rejected by the British Parliament. Boris Johnson, May's successor, pushed for an early general election on Dec. 12 to break the Brexit deadlock. The Conservative Party, led by Johnson, won an absolute majority in the House of Commons in the election, making the prospect of Brexit less remote. The bruising Brexit saga reveals that British society is severely divided, that the political decision-making procedure is impotent, and that Western democracy is plagued by institutional flaws and a governance crisis. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Protracted Brexit reveals institutional flaws of Western democracies
On Oct. 28, the European Union accepted Britain's request for further delay of the Brexit date until Jan. 31, 2020, the third Brexit extension.
Theresa May resigned as British prime minister after her Brexit deal was repeatedly rejected by the British Parliament. Boris Johnson, May's successor, pushed for an early general election on Dec. 12 to break the Brexit deadlock.
The Conservative Party, led by Johnson, won an absolute majority in the House of Commons in the election, making the prospect of Brexit less remote.
The bruising Brexit saga reveals that British society is severely divided, that the political decision-making procedure is impotent, and that Western democracy is plagued by institutional flaws and a governance crisis.
