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March 21, 2019

May asks a wary EU to delay Brexit until June 30

  • In asking to delay Britain's withdrawal, May said she would set out her reasons to EU leaders at today's summit in Brussels.
    • By JILL LAWLESS and LORNE COOK
    Associated Press

    LONDON — Exactly 1,000 days after Britain voted to leave the European Union, and nine days before it is scheduled to walk out the door, Prime Minister Theresa May hit the pause button Wednesday, asking the bloc to postpone the U.K.'s departure until June 30.

    EU leaders, who are exasperated by Britain's Brexit melodrama, said they would only grant the extension if May could win Parliament's approval for her twice-rejected Brexit deal. Otherwise, the U.K. is facing a much longer delay to Brexit, or a chaotic “no-deal” departure from the bloc.


     
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