EU Is Split Over Response to May's Brexit Extension Request
- Governments looking at ways to impose tough conditions on U.K.
- May’s fragile grip on power is a factor in the EU’s decision
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The European Union is split over how long to allow the U.K. to delay Brexit, as governments look at ways to “future proof” the decision and prevent a hard-line successor to Theresa May damaging the bloc.
May requested an extension to the U.K.’s membership of the EU until June 30, but the prime minister’s fragile grip on power is playing into the bloc’s response, officials said. The 27 national leaders will make a final decision at a summit in Brussels on Wednesday but remain at odds over the length of a Brexit postponement and what conditions to impose.