European Union leaders are offering the UK a delay on Brexit until October 31. The UK has yet to respond to the offer
EU leaders spent a long dinner meeting wrangling over whether to save Britain from a precipitous and potentially calamitous Brexit, or to give the foot-dragging departing nation a shove over the edge.
May believes that a June 30 deadline is enough time for Britain's Parliament to ratify a Brexit deal and pass the legislation needed for a smooth Brexit. Macron is concerned that letting Britain stay too long would distract the EU from other issues – notably next month's European Parliament elections.
"What is important is that any extension enables us to leave at the point at which we ratify the withdrawal agreement," May said as she arrived in Brussels. If no extension materialises on Wednesday, Britain will leave the bloc Friday with no deal, unless it cancels Brexit independently.
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