{"id":30950,"date":"2019-10-28T10:15:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=30950"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:15:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:15:54","slug":"eu-agrees-on-brexit-extension-until-31-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/eu-agrees-on-brexit-extension-until-31-january\/","title":{"rendered":"EU agrees on Brexit extension until 31 January"},"content":{"rendered":"

EU leaders have come to terms to agree on delaying Brexit up until 31 January 2020, EU Council President, Donald Tusk, confirmed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Tusk referred to the Brexit extension as a \u2018flextension\u2019, meaning, UK is free to leave the EU before the set deadline if the deal passes through Parliament.<\/p>\n

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The EU27 has agreed that it will accept the UK’s request for a #Brexit<\/a> flextension until 31 January 2020. The decision is expected to be formalised through a written procedure.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) October 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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MPs are expected to vote today after 17:00 on whether the UK should hold a general election on 12 December, as proposed earlier by Prime Minister.<\/p>\n

Jo Swinson and Ian Blackford, the leaders of the Liberal Democrats (Lib Dem) and the Scottish National Party (SNP), are trying to move up a general election on 9 December to stop Boris Johnson to push ahead with his Brexit deal.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister’s calls for a general election were failed to pass twice in Parliament. He had constantly said, the UK would leave the EU on 31 October, this Thursday, regardless of the deal – but, Mr Johnson has to accept the extension offer given by the EU due to\u00a0the Benn Act.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour MPs have claimed, they would not back a general election since the possibility of a no-deal Brexit is still on.<\/p>\n

The PM is trying to convince other MPs to allow a new time schedule for legislation of Brexit deal and an election on 12 December.<\/p>\n

A general election before Christmas without any deal is still pending, it depends on how the MPs will vote later this evening.<\/p>\n

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Words: Catarina Joele | Photo:\u00a0George Hodan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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