Dubai – Masaader News
European Union agreed on Monday to delay Brexit until Jan31, according to Reuters.
“The EU27 has agreed that it will accept the UK’s request for a Brexit flextension until 31 January 2020,” Tusk said of the idea of a “flexible extension”, which means Britain could go earlier if its fractious parliament ratifies the divorce bill.
The decision came following a 30-minute meeting of the 27 EU ambassadors in Brussels after France dropped its objections that blocked the decision last week. Any delay to Brexit can only be granted unanimously by the 27 EU countries staying on together.
More than three years after Britain voted to quit the EU, the country and its parliament remain divided over how, when and even whether to leave.
The matter has triggered a spiraling political crisis in the country where Johnson is now sparring with the House of Commons over calling an early election.
For the EU, the unprecedented loss of a member is a historic setback. But the 27 are also fed up with the intractable divorce, which is sapping time, energy and political capital that should be spent on jump-starting their economies and tackling security and other challenges.