Brexit: What’s happened and what’s next?
14 September 2019 |
3:34 pm
For the third time in two days, Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered major defeats in his plans to take the UK out of the EU with or without a deal. DW takes a look at the current impasse what will happen next.
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