EU Offers to Delay Brexit Until at Least April 12
The European Union will offer the United Kingdom a Brexit delay of until May 22 if the U.K. Parliament passes the twice rejected EU-U.K. transition deal next week, or until April 12 if the deal is not passed, according to…
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a statement from EU Council President Donald Tusk. Even if the transition deal doesn’t make it through Parliament, the UK will still “have a choice of a deal, no-deal, a long extension” or deciding not to leave the UK, Tusk said. But if the U.K. doesn’t inform the EU that it plans to hold European Parliament elections by April 12, “the option of a long extension will automatically become impossible,” Tusk said. European leaders met March 21 in Brussels to decide whether to offer the U.K. an extension on its withdrawal from the European Union, currently scheduled for March 30.