INSTITUTIONAL / United kingdom

For Michel Barnier and the Twenty-Seven, an extension of Brexit negotiations must be 'useful' and serve as a valid plan in order to be accepted

Brussels, 19/03/2019 (Agence Europe)

The Twenty-Seven will only be able to take a decision on a possible request for the extension of Article 50 if Theresa May demonstrates the "usefulness" of such a request and defines a "political process" for the future of the withdrawal agreement for an orderly Brexit and the political declaration on future bilateral relations, the only plan currently valid in the eyes of Europeans. 

This is the observation made on Tuesday 19 March by the EU chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, at the end of...