EU Set to Delay Brexit After Johnson Defeated in Parliament
- PM: ‘One way or another’ U.K. will leave EU with this new deal
- Johnson wanted to rush his exit deal into law but MPs refused
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Boris Johnson’s defining mission to take the U.K. out of the European Union in nine days’ time was derailed as members of Parliament dramatically blocked his plan to rush the Brexit deal into law.
European Council President Donald Tusk responded by saying he’d recommend the EU accept the U.K.’s request for an extension. While he didn’t set a date, his suggestion that this could be agreed by letter, and without a summit, pointed to accepting the British Parliament’s request of a new exit date of Jan. 31. The pound fell on the vote.