The UK parliament is back where it should be: at the heart of a great debate about the nation’s future. In the most significant constitutional judgment for a generation, the Supreme Court has ruled 8 to 3 that an act of parliament must be passed by the Houses of Commons and Lords before the government can activate the Article 50 process to leave the EU. In simple terms: Prime Minister Theresa May does not have the authority to trigger Brexit without the consent of MPs and peers.
英國議會回到了它應該處於的位置——有關英國未來的大辯論的核心。英國最高法院(Supreme Court)做出了一代人時間以來最重大的憲法判斷,以8票對3票裁定,在政府觸發《里斯本條約》第50條、退出歐盟前,上下議院必須先通過一項議會法案。簡言之:英國首相德蕾莎·梅伊(Theresa May)無權在不經過上下兩院議員同意的情況下觸發退歐程式。