London, 23 Nov. 2018 – The mandate of Mrs May as PM relies de facto upon her ability of reaching a Brexit final deal. A no deal or lack of support from the British Parliament to the Draft agreement would certainly lead Prime Minister’s office to an end. Therefore, as this was a matter of life or death in relation to resisting in power, May accepted the terms of agreement set by EU negotiators who certainly appreciated the weak political position of the counterpart.

The Draft Agreement in fact posticipates main key relations to future agreements, or year to year temporary agreements which terms can vary; the draft is focused on the point transition period is extensible (though this will certainly come at a cost) and agreements in key areas are expressed in statements of intention and fostered to further agreements, although sealed as legally binding.

​But we do not have to analyse the draft from the UK perspective only. EU upcoming elections might have determined the necessity to close the Brexit chapter on time in order to show a ‘happy end’ and conclude the contested and difficult exit right before electoral campaigns start. Independentism coupled with populism is in fact a threat to the Union with new parties and movements pressing to replace traditional coalitions blamed of backing financial and multinationals interests ahead of the citizens’ and communities’ needs and rights.

Amid this international political environment a ‘no deal’ with the UK would ‘go viral’ labelled as a failure of EU institutions currently in charge, with the risk of reinforcing right/left populist and eurosceptic parties now racing to conquer Brussels and ready to cost.

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