EU Draws Closer to Deal on Brexit Delay as Core Leaders Plan to Meet
- France pushing for conditions in return for backing extension
- Core group of leaders plan meeting before summit in Brussels
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The European Union is zeroing in on its offer to the U.K. on the length of a Brexit delay as a small core group of leaders discuss a plan to hold a meeting to decide Britain’s fate shortly before Wednesday’s crucial summit.
After several days of talks between diplomats of the EU’s 27 remaining governments, a compromise between France, which is very skeptical about extending Britain’s membership beyond April 12, and governments that think the U.K. should be given an extra year is beginning to emerge, four officials said.