The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, issued an ultimatum on Wednesday, 3 April to the British authorities: the United Kingdom must have "declared" by 12 April at the latest - “the final date" - in favour of the agreement on an orderly Brexit for the European Union to accept “an extension [of the deadlines in Article 50] until 22 May”.
Otherwise, “no short extensions will be possible", he told the European Parliament in a mini plenary session.
Mr Juncker...