The UK parliament will not vote on PM Theresa May's Brexit deal this week as she writes to the European Council to ask for a delay of three months to two years
Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay said a vote this week on the deal was now less likely. But ministers were studying options, and he indicated the government still planned a third vote.Speaker's comments create 'constitutional crisis' in UK
The EU's most powerful leader, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said:"I will fight until the last minute of the time to March 29 for an orderly exit. We haven't got a lot of time for that." Her foreign minister, Heiko Maas, said:"If more time is needed, it's always better to do another round than a no-deal Brexit."European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker talks to journalists ."Grant an extension - what for? Time is not a solution, it's a method," said EU Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau."If there is an objective and a strategy, it has to come from London.
However, senior EU figures, while exasperated by Britain's Brexit dithering, have no appetite for pushing it out on schedule without a deal.The pressure to come up with legal or procedural changes means May is likely to get only one more chance to put the deal to a vote. Brexit Secretary Barclay, who last week said Britain should not fear a no-deal exit, said a change in context might be sufficient to meet Bercow's test.
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