European Council President Donald Tusk announced on Monday, 25 February, from Sharm el-Sheikh on the margins of the Arab League/EU Summit(see other news) that he had discussed the previous day with Theresa May, the British leader, the “legal” and practical implications of an “extension” of the deadline under Article 50 of the Treaty.
“In our situation”, this idea, which would temporarily delay the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, would be "a rational solution”,...