EU to grant Brexit delay but may demand a longer extension and conditions | World News, The Indian Express

EU to grant Brexit delay but may demand a longer extension and conditions | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Brussels |Published: April 10, 2019 5:03:36 pm

EU to grant Brexit delay but may demand a longer extension and conditions

While it was not immediately clear what Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron, Europe's two most powerful leaders, agreed with Theresa May, an advance draft of conclusions for Wednesday's emergency EU summit said Britain would be granted another delay on certain conditions.

In a sign of just how far the Brexit crisis has sapped British power, May dashed to Berlin and Paris on the eve of the summit to ask Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron to allow her to put off the departure date to June 30 from April 12. (source: File)

The European Union will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit at an emergency summit on Wednesday but the bloc’s leaders are likely to demand she accepts a longer extension with conditions.