Brexit: EU leaders plan for no deal as other options dissolve
Theresa May stood out from the crowd at an informal EU leaders summit back in September
Ongoing Brexit divisions in parliament, in government and in Theresa May's cabinet were on screaming technicolour display again last week.EU leaders used to use the threat of a no-deal Brexit as a negotiating tactic . They now believe it to be a very real prospect. Would a Brexit extension, allowing for a general election or a second referendum, really settle the issue, they ask?
He is far from excited at the idea of having a recalcitrant UK - with 8.5 toes already out of the club - overshadowing proceedings for the immediate future.German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron spoke at a EU leaders summit last week But there is a lively debate right now in EU circles about the virtue of granting the UK a longer Brexit delay vs no deal in April or May. Of course no deal would be costly for the EU too, but for some, it's beginning to look like the best of a bunch of bad options.Treating a no-deal Brexit as a looming, very real possibility, rather than a distant, highly unlikely prospect, is making the EU take a long, hard look at its own no-deal planning.
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