EU offers Brexit delay until May 22 only – leaked draft

Leaked draft paper... EU confirms extension until May 22nd, provided UK HoC passes #Brexit WA. No longer extension granted. pic.twitter.com/jmYGHh67o3

— Neil Morrow (@mrneilmorrow) March 21, 2019

While the UK requested the extension of the Brexit process until June 30, the EU is ready to provide a delay that is half as generous – until May 22.

“Given that the United Kingdom does not intend to hold elections to the European Parliament, no extension is possible beyond that date,” the leaked document reads.

If May’s plan yet again fails to pass in the House of Commons next week, it would almost certainly mean a ‘no-deal’ scenario for the whole Brexit affair. French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said the ongoing situation cannot drag on “indefinitely” and that the “choice of the British people” has to be respected.

“If British MPs reject the deal once again, there will be no deal,” Macron said during the Brexit delay summit in Brussels. “We cannot pretend after three years that the British people did not vote to leave.”