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Nationwide news: Published March 21, 2019 11:35:58 AM
European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels today to give Prime
Minister Theresa May an offer to delay Brexit beyond March 29, on
condition that she can finally win over her many opponents in the UK
Parliament next week.
Nearly three years after Britons narrowly voted in a referendum to leave
the EU, May has been unable to unite her divided cabinet, Parliament or
nation behind her exit plan.
Increasingly embattled, she asked the EU yesterday to postpone Brexit
until June 30 to give her time to secure a deal in Parliament and avoid
an abrupt departure next week that could spell economic chaos.
“We could consider a short extension conditional on a positive vote on
the Withdrawal Agreement in the House of Commons,” summit chairperson
Donald Tusk said in a letter inviting all 28 EU national leaders to
Brussels talks.
Any delay must be unanimously approved by all the other 27 national EU
leaders who are increasingly exasperated with Britain’s inability to
find a way out of the domestic political deadlock that is weighing
heavily on the whole bloc.
Raising the stakes, France threatened to reject May’s request and the
EU’s executive said Britain had to be out by May 23 to avoid having to
take part in European Parliament elections.
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