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The prime minister also repeated his refusal to hold a second referendum or postpone Brexit's date and maintained the possibility of an agreement.
Consequences: Members have begun drafting some amendments that will be put to the vote on January 29, exactly two months before the date for Brexit.
The Labor Party, the main opposition party in the UK, wants British deputies to debate options to avoid a lack of agreement: a new customs union with the EU, maintaining a "strong relationship" with the single market, and organizing a new referendum.
Hilary Benn, the head of the commission for Brexit, a laborer, proposes to establish what MPs want by organizing a series of votes. The House of Commons would then give its opinion on scenarios: the renegotiation of the Brexit agreement, the unanimous exit or a new referendum.
In turn, Conservative Dominic Grieve tabled an amendment that would force the government to give MPs six days in February and March to debate and vote on the various options. The last time is March 26, three days before Brexit.
The amendment is the work of Labor Yvette Cooper. Also wanted to avoid the absence of the agreement, it stipulates that, in the absence of an agreement on February 26, the government will postpone Brexite until December 31, 2019 - a proposal that enjoys the support of former conservative ministers. The European elections of May 26 are the "real deadline" for the negotiations on Brexite, according to Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell.
British Foreign Trade Minister Liam Fox warned of the risk of a "political tsunami" in case MEPs would not respect the outcome of the EU's referendum on June 23, 2016, and Downing Street qualified as "extremely worrying "initiatives to postpone the release date.
But, in the opinion of the Labor Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, MPs have to "act now to get out of the box."
"Deputies doing their jobs are not conspirators," Hilary Benn added. "They are trying to fix the problem created by the prime minister."
Amendments submitted will not be put to the vote in full: House of Commons Chairman John Bercow is the one to select those to be proposed on January 29th.
Although the Labor amendment was retained by the President of the House of Commons, its adoption seems unlikely, conservative MPs being less interested in supporting an opposition text.
The adopted amendments will not be legally binding, but politically speaking, it would be very risky for Theresa May to ignore them, especially after her people stressed that the moment had "given the House of Commons the opportunity to express the political will ".
Also, the Prime Minister may have a very limited margin of maneuver if the members of his Conservative Party vote in favor of an amendment.
Finally, the government would risk a series of resignations if it tried to impose voting instructions, as the British press reveals. (Rador takeover)
LE POINT: Brexit: Given the risk of an agreement, Barnier exerts pressure on London
The European Chief Negotiator insisted on the UK's obligation to pay the bill even in the event of an unaccountable exit.
A possible "no deal", the lack of an agreement for Brexit, will not be a reason not to pay the divorce bill to the EU. When this outlook is shaped, Michel Barnier, the European Chief Negotiator, has clarified things in an interview with several European newspapers published on Wednesday.
"We have always said a simple thing: all the UK's commitments as an EU member state will be respected," even if "it will be more difficult to respect them in the case of no-halt," Michel Barnier said in this an interview for the French daily Le Monde, but also published by "Rzeczpospolita" (Poland) and "Luxemburger Wort" (Luxembourg).
The tough negotiated agreement between London and Brussels, and largely rejected by the British Parliament, sets out to resolve the UK's commitments under the ongoing multi-annual budget (2014-2020), which also covers the transitional period envisaged by the agreement. The text does not provide figures for the invoice, but a calculation method. The British government has been talking about 40 to 45 billion euros - figures unconfirmed by the EU.
Michel Barnier recalls that "these commitments have a legal nature in terms of international law." "I do not imagine the British do not respect their international commitments," he adds.
The British need time
In this interview, the French reiterates that the next move to unlock the final adoption of a diocratic agreement must come from the British, who "have come to the point of truth" and "need time" in his opinion. Prime Minister Theresa May is trying to find a majority that will support him in the new negotiations with the EU, while British deputies have acted to take the situation in their hands, given that the date for Brexit is approaching. "I think an orderly agreement will be entirely in line with the treaty that we have," Michel Barnier said, referring to the currently suspended draft agreement.
According to his statements, things could "begin to move quickly" in the case of a compromise on the "political statement" - a non-binding text that will add to the withdrawal treaty and outlines the post-Brexit relationship between London and the EU, for "Luxemburger Wort". Cacophonists in the British political class ignite fears of a Brexit unaccountable, and the 27 have accelerated their preparations in the event of this scenario. Hundreds of customs were created especially in the countries close to the UK, and steps will be taken "to allow aircraft to land," said Michel Barnier. "But a 'no deal' can not be a sum of 'mini-hills', a 'business as usual' situation," he warns. (Rador takeover)