The EU set an April 12 Brexit date if the UK's parliament fails to back Theresa May's deal with Brussels
BRUSSELS - Britain could leave the European Union without a Brexit deal on April 12 if lawmakers fail next week to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s agreement with Brussels, EU leaders said after a crisis summit in Brussels on Thursday.
With just a week to go until Britain risks lurching out into legal limbo at midnight next Friday, EU leaders gave May an extra two months, until May 22, to leave if she wins next week’s vote in parliament. But she failed to convince the other 27 that she would succeed, prompting a frantic seven hours of talks to find a way to get Britain out without seeming to push.
The conclusion was a deal that suggested that Britain could, if May fails, come back and ask for a much longer delay. But this would be on the condition — likely a major stumbling block — that it takes part in elections to the new EU parliament on May 23. For it to do so, British election law says that would have to be announced six weeks beforehand, by April 12.
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