1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i New UK Leadership: Implications for Brexit Derek E. Mix Analyst in European Affairs July 31, 2019 On July 24, 2019, Boris Johnson became prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK) after winning the Conservative Party leader
2、ship contest that was triggered by the resignation of Theresa May as party leader on June 7. A colorful and polarizing figure who was one of the leading voices in the campaign for the UK to leave the European Union (EU), Johnson previously served as UK foreign secretary from 2016 to 2018 and mayor o
3、f London from 2008 to 2016. He inherits a government in which the Conservative Party controls a slim parliamentary majority by virtue of support from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the largest unionist party in Northern Ireland. Johnson Intent on Delivering Brexit but Renegotiation Unlikely Pr
4、ime Minister Johnson maintains that the UK will leave the EU on October 31, 2019, “no ifs, no buts.” Brexit was originally scheduled to occur on March 29, 2019, but EU leaders granted the UK an extension until the end of October 2019 after the UK Parliament repeatedly rejected the withdrawal agreeme
