Monday was another milestone in the long and painful process of the UK’s effort to leave the European Union, according to greekreporter.com.
The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, tweeted on Monday morning that all 27 EU member states (excluding the UK) had agreed to grant London a further extension to remain inside the Union until January 31, 2020.
The exact term used by President Tusk was ”flextension,” meaning that if the UK manages to fulfil all legal procedures and accept the withdrawal deal, the country will be able to leave earlier.
This could possibly mean that it would exit the EU on the first day of the following month following the withdrawal agreement is ratified by London.
The official document of this new ”flextension” is expected to be published on Tuesday, or on Wednesday at the latest, since under the current circumstances, the UK is scheduled to leave the Union on Thursday, October 31 at 23:00 GMT.
There has been no official reaction from the British government on the developments as of yet, but Premier Boris Johnson has repeated continually, that the UK will leave the Union on Thursday ”no ifs, no buts.”
The most probable scenario now appears to be that the UK would hold snap general elections in December since Johnson’s government is the third British administration that has collapsed due to the Brexit chaos since the EU referendum in 2016.
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