U.K. Should Consider Extending Brexit Talks, Commons Panel Says
- Committee says ‘difficult to see’ tasks completed by October
- Davis to meet EU counterpart Barnier in Brussels on Monday
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The U.K. is running short of time to reach a full deal with the European Union and should consider seeking an extension of next year’s withdrawal deadline in order to complete the work, the U.K. Parliament’s cross-party Brexit committee said.
The U.K.-EU talks are due to end by October, the deadline set by both sides, with Britain leaving the bloc at the end of next March. The committee said that if substantial aspects of the future partnership remain unresolved at that time, the government should seek more time to ensure an agreement “sufficiently detailed and comprehensive” can be reached.