According to a newspaper report, London and Brussels are considering extending the Brexit deadline. The reason for this was worries that the Brexit agreement was not approved until the planned withdrawal of Great Britain from the EU, the Daily Telegraph reported last night.
London has already suggested that an extension of the negotiation deadline under EU Article 50 would be considered, it states. Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union governs the withdrawal of a Member State.
The UK is said to be leaving the community of states on March 29, according to plan. A government spokeswoman said in the evening that Prime Minister Theresa May had always said that she wanted to stick to the deadline and not seek to extend the deadline.
EU rejects renegotiation
Meanwhile, just before the UK Parliament debate on the Brexit Treaty, the European Commission refused to renegotiate the negotiated agreement. „The contract on the table is the best and the only one possible,“ said a Commission spokesman in Brussels. He resumed negotiations.
The other 27 EU heads of state and government have already approved the agreement. According to the BBC, the British Parliament is to vote on the contract on 15 January. In May, May had postponed the vote at short notice, after a clear rejection was emerging.
