From the Centre for European Reform, this is the CEO podcast.

It is a critical moment. If we do not act with urgency, we would then severely undermine the liberal order.

Brexit means Brexit, and we're going to make a success of it.

The wind is back in Europe's sales.

We have now a window of opportunity, but it will not stay open forever.

Hello and welcome to the CER podcast. I'm Beth Oppenheimer Research here and today I'm with the

CEO's director Charles Grant to discuss a busy week for Brexit. Hi Charles. Hi Beth. So it's the first

week of March. The UK is due to leave the EU this month. There's been a lot of commotion in

Westminster. Parliament's been busy with amendments.

A junior minister and a backbench Tory MP have just resigned.

But amid all the noise, what we want to know is, has anything important actually happened?

Has anything changed?

So let's start with the obvious.

Will Theresa May get her deal through Parliament on March the 12th? Well, Beth, until very recently, I would

have said the chances of her deal getting through Parliament were minimal, because last time

she put it to Parliament, she was defeated by some 230 votes. And I haven't seen any particular

reason to think that would change. But I guess there is now some gossip at Westminster that the chances are greater than they seemed partly because she

essentially gave in on the substance of the so-called Cooper let-win motion and

has accepted that if her deal doesn't pass by March the 12th she'll put a vote on

no deal to Parliament on March the 13th,

which Parliament will certainly reject, and then allow a vote on the 14th on extending Article 50

for a further period. That essentially takes no deal off the agenda, at least for now,

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