British Prime Minister Theresa May met today with members of the government in an attempt to restore unity after the resignation of two prominent ministers due to disagreements over the Brexit strategy. Foreign Minister Boris Johnson resigned yesterday, and 18 hours before him, Brexit Minister David Davis, with the explanation that they do not agree with the Prime Minister's plan for future relations with the European Union, that is, the way to leave it. The government of Theresa May's Conservative Party is divided between supporters of a "hard" Brexit, including Johnson and Davis, and those who want closer relations with the EU, Great Britain's largest trading partner, and the disunity calls into question the survival of the government. At a 12-hour meeting of the conservative British government on Friday, May received the consent of all members of the government to propose to Brussels the maintenance of trade relations after Brexit. That plan, which represents the so-called "soft" variant of Brexit, implies that Great Britain and the EU will maintain free trade for goods, but not for services that make up a large part of the British economy. Conservative MPs in favor of a "hard" Brexit say that Theresa May's plan for free trade with the EU will prevent Great Britain from taking an independent economic course, according to the Associated Press. May replaced Johnson with former health minister Jeremy Hunt, who during the 2016 referendum campaign advocated for Great Britain to remain in the EU. The new minister for Brexit is the Eurosceptic Dominik Raab. Great Britain should officially leave the Union on March 29, 2019, exactly two years after the start of the Brexit procedure.
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