Parliament’s refusal to ratify the withdrawal deal May agreed with the EU has thrust her government into crisis
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When May set the March 29 exit date two years ago by serving the formal Article 50 divorce papers, she declared there would be “no turning back” but parliament’s refusal to ratify the withdrawal deal she agreed with the EU has thrust her government into crisis.Now, May has written to European Council President Donald Tusk to ask for a delay until June 30.
She said she planned to ask parliament to vote a third time on her departure deal, which lawmakers have already voted down twice. She didn’t say when the vote would happen. For its part, the EU said any extension should either be until May 23 or “significantly longer” and require Britain to take part in European elections in May. The prime minister said it was not in Britain’s interests to take part in European elections.An EU Commission document seen by Reuters said the EU should offer Britain just one extension as multiple delays would leave the bloc in limbo.
The loss of Britain for the EU is the biggest blow yet to more than 60 years of effort to forge European unity after two world wars, though the 27 other members of the bloc have shown surprising unity during the tortuous negotiations.
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