What happens next with Brexit, now that May is resigning?

BY MICHAEL BIRNBAUM, GRIFF WITTE (C) 2019,THE WASHINGTON POST MAY 25, 2019- BERLIN - On one side of the English Channel, supporters see it as the greatest peace project the world has ever known.

But seen from that sceptered isle drifting scarcely 20 miles out at sea, the European Union looks more like a political assassin, one with a particularly rapacious appetite for British prime ministers.

The EU claimed its fourth victim in the past three decades on Friday, as a choked-up Theresa May announced that, having failed to get Britain out of the bloc, she would resign as leader of the Conservative Party on June 7 Almost three years after taking office, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced she would step down as Conservative Party leader on June 7 (Washington Post) and make way for a new Conservative prime minister this summer. Three of her predecessors have also been evicted from Downing Street while trying to crack the code of Europe.

Now, a growing list of Conservative politicians are jockeying to replace her. Each has promised to end the impasse that has left Britain stuck in the nether region between EU membership and life on the outside. But if May’s successor is to avoid the same fate, analysts say, he or she may have little choice but to steer Britain toward what was once seen as a remote possibility but is increasingly viewed as a live prospect: a chaotic departure from the EU with no agreement on what comes next.

“A no-deal Brexit has become significantly more likely,” and Whoever follows May will be faced with an existential threat.

If Britain does jump into the posteu world without a net, the impact would shake Britain’s economy - with ripples, and perhaps waves, far beyond its shores.