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U.K.: The EU Sends May an Ultimatum on Brexit

Mar 20, 2019 | 22:01 GMT

(Stratfor)

There's a new twist in the United Kingdom's Brexit saga. On March 20, the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, confirmed that a short delay to the country's exit from the Continental bloc was possible -- but only if the House of Commons first approves a withdrawal agreement next week. Tusk made the statement just hours after British Prime Minister Theresa May formally asked the European Union to push back the date of departure from March 29 to June 30. Tusk's ultimatum means that British parliamentarians have just nine days to approve a withdrawal agreement if they want to delay Brexit. If they don't, the country could crash out of Europe without a deal....

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