In the situation that we find ourselves so would be an extension of the logical decision. But the prime minister May still believe that it is possible to avoid it, says Donald Tusk in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday.
Brexit is not formally on the program at the EU summit with the arab league in the egyptian seaside resort, but the question of the british exit is ever-present.
had Donald Tusk, a meeting with Theresa May about a possible extension of the Uk’s membership of the EU. According to the current plan should the withdrawal take place on 29 march.
On Wednesday, it was thought that the british house of commons would vote on Theresa Mays draft agreement. On Sunday, the prime minister, that the vote be brought forward to 12 march. Of this, one can draw the conclusion that Mays’s efforts to negotiate a modification of the customs union and, in particular, the Uk’s trading relationship to Ireland, has not succeeded.
open by three heavyweight ministers in her own government; the minister for work and pensions Amber Rudd, minister Greg Clark and minister of justice, David Gauke, joined in an opinion piece in the Daily Mail out and explained that they can think of to vote with a proposal that postpones the date of Brexit.
In the article they write that for the Uk it is better to shoot up Brexitdatumet than ”to crash out of the european union on 29 march”.
A new Brexitdatum mentioned in London on 23 may. However, it is uncertain whether the EU-side straight out of the accept a possible british request for an extension.
To the newspaper The Guardian said the EU sources at the weekend that it would prefer a long extension to 31 december 2020. This is to avoid the current deadlock, only to be postponed to later in the spring.