Don't Let the World Cup and Korea Distract You From Brexit

  • Theresa May’s EU Withdrawal Bill returns to House of Commons
  • One anti-EU lawmaker goes public with warning for the premier
Rasmussen Global’s Nina Schick says amendments to the Brexit bill will "chip away" at May’s plan.(Source: Bloomberg)
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International attention will be focused on the U.S.-North Korea summit and the kickoff of the World Cup in Russia, but keep a watchful eye on the U.K. where Prime Minister Theresa May returns from a bruising Group of Seven meeting in Canada to more Brexit drama back home.

Given how many domestic crises she’s survived, it would be unwise to predict May’s downfall -- but things could change quickly. Brexit policy has been slowly but surely softening toward the European Union and that frustrates those in May’s Conservative Party who ardently want a clean break.