UK elections: May, Corbyn and the European Union

Editorial 19 June 2017 , by Damiano Derosa

Finally the 8th June. After a series of bad news coming from London. And before another series some days after the vote. It is not a cool time for London and for all the UK. After the shock of the Brexit vote, the usual, profound, problems of the British society re-emerged. Ms. May wanted this election to give more power to her majority in the Brexit negotiations with the EU. The result was the opposite. The Conservatives lost their majority and were forced to make a minority government with the Unionists from Ulster. The Labour Party had a gain of more than 30 MPs. The situation is: a very weak government in a very important moment. But there ia one more element directly related to the EU. Is this result going to change the so called “hard Brexit” programs? Are the related policies going to have a shift. It will be the main focus of this number.