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EU Considers 21-Month Delay If May Can't Get Brexit Done

  • Senior European officials back idea for longer extension
  • Plan will be seen as tactic to get hardliners to back May
The Big Ben clock tower and the Houses of Parliament, left, are seen standing alongside the River Thames and Westminster Bridge in London, U.K.

The Big Ben clock tower and the Houses of Parliament, left, are seen standing alongside the River Thames and Westminster Bridge in London, U.K.

Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg

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The European Union is considering telling Theresa May that if she can’t get her Brexit deal through Parliament and wants to delay the departure date, the country will have to stay in the bloc until 2021.