EU leaders have given the UK parliament an April 12 deadline to offer a new plan or choose to quit the bloc without a treaty. 9News
May, who addressed leaders on Thursday but missed out on the dinner because the 27 were forced to focus on Brexit rather than China, was kept in the loop by summit chair Donald Tusk, the European Council president, who shuttled back and forth.
May originally wanted to be able to delay Britain's departure until June 30 to tie up legislative loose ends. That date corresponds to the six weeks' legal notice required for the EU election - which the bloc would insist Britain hold on May 23 if it remains a member. If it does not hold the election, leaders said, the very last date Britain must leave would be June 30, before the new EU parliament convenes.
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