ZAGREB, September 4, 2019 - Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordan Grlić Radman has said that despite "a chaotic situation" in Great Britain, he expects an orderly deal-based Brexit to happen.
"This chaotic situation in Great Britain is definitely not good, I am very sorry about that," the Croatian minister said on Wednesday ahead of an inner cabinet in Zagreb.
"I, nevertheless, expect an orderly Brexit that will not burden us," he said.
Grlić Radman stopped short of answering whether Croatia is bracing itself for a hard Brexit.
"We are conducting preparations for our (EU) presidency," the minister told the press.
On 1 January, Croatia assumes the six-month-long rotating chairmanship of the European Union.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a new challenge on Wednesday in the British parliament after his first vote as PM saw him lose to rebel Tories and opposition MPs who object to a no-deal exit.
The Commons voted 328 to 301 to take control of the agenda, allowing them to bring a bill requesting a Brexit delay. The PM is to call for a general election if he is forced to request an extension to the 31 October deadline, the BBC has reported.
"More than three years after the United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the European Union, the defeat leaves the course of Brexit unresolved, with possible outcomes still ranging from a turbulent ‘no-deal’ exit to abandoning the whole endeavour," the Reuters news agency notes.
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