As frustration with Britain's Brexit crisis boils over across Europe, Franc...
BRUSSELS - As frustration with Britain’s Brexit crisis boils over across Europe, France and the Netherlands have raised the prospect that the European Union might reject a request by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to extend the divorce deadline from Oct. 31.
Officials and diplomats said the 27 will want evidence that a delay would not simply bring a further three months of wrangling in London and a continued impasse that leads to a no-deal Brexit. Although the prime minister has said he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than make such a request, the few options he has to avoid it include resigning or breaking the law.
“We need a good reason for further delay. It is hard to say what that would be. So far, the Brits have not presented an alternative to the Brexit deal that is already on the table.”Johnson insists that the Irish “backstop” must be struck out of the Withdrawal Agreement his predecessor agreed with the EU.
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