- Title: EU's Tusk says to decide on Brexit extension in coming days
- Date: 22nd October 2019
- Summary: STRASBOURG, FRANCE (FILE - MARCH 25, 2019) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF EU PARLIAMENT FLAGS OF EU MEMBER STATES
- Embargoed: 5th November 2019 08:03
- Keywords: no-deal Brexit Commission Donald Tusk EU Westminster Jean-Claude Juncker Council Britain extension request United Kingdom European Parliament vote London
- Location: STRASBOURG, FRANCE
- City: STRASBOURG, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: European Union,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA002B26JAYV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: European Council President Donald Tusk on Tuesday (October 22) told EU lawmakers that he was discussing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's request for an extension of the October 31 Brexit deadline with the leaders of the other 27 member states and would make a decision 'in the coming days'.
Also speaking at the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said EU institutions could only approve the Brexit deal that was struck with London last week once it has been approved by the British parliament.
He added that Brexit has been a 'waste of time and energy,' and it has irked him that he could not have spent more of his five-year mandate on making the bloc serve its citizens better.
Johnson faces two pivotal Brexit votes in parliament on Tuesday that will decide if he can deliver on his pledge to lead Britain out of the EU in just nine days time.
As the clock ticks down to the latest October 31 deadline for the United Kingdom's departure, Brexit is hanging in the balance as a divided parliament debates when, how and even whether it should happen.
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