INSTITUTIONAL / United kingdom

Member States give themselves a few days to decide whether or not to grant London a further 3-month extension

Brussels, 23/10/2019 (Agence Europe)

The ambassadors of the Twenty-Seven met on Wednesday 23 October in the late afternoon to discuss the extension of the period of Article 50 of the EU Treaty, after British MPs indicated on Tuesday 22 October that it would be almost impossible for the United Kingdom to leave the EU on 31 October (see EUROPE B12354A11).

However, they had not yet taken a decision and had to give themselves until Friday 25 October to decide between a new 3-month extension, as stipulated in the Benn Act, a British...