Theresa May unlikely to get June 30 Brexit extension from EU leaders
European leaders are poised to grant Theresa May a longer extension to Britain’s membership of the EU than she will request at a crunch summit in Brussels on Wednesday evening.until June 30, with the possibility of an earlier departure if the UK’s withdrawal deal is ratified.
Mr Tusk, in a letter to the heads of the 27 remaining member states, said there was ‘little reason to believe’ that the ratification of Mrs May’s beleaguered Brexit deal could be completed by the end of June. ‘Importantly, a long extension would provide more certainty and predictability by removing the threat of constantly shifting cliff-edge dates.‘Furthermore, in the event of a continued stalemate, such a longer extension would allow the UK to rethink its Brexit strategy.’
DUP Westminster leader Nigel Dodds branded the talks ‘humiliating and embarrassing’ for the UK, and claimed Britain was ‘effectively holding out a begging bowl to European leaders’.
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