Britain formally requested the extension on Saturday, ahead of the vote by lawmakers in London on Tuesday rejecting Mr. Johnson’s timetable for ratifying the Brexit agreement. “A no-deal Brexit will never be our decision,” Mr. Tusk said on Saturday. Mr. Tusk seeks a written agreement from EU leaders to avoid calling them back for another Brexit summit to approve the extension. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, a key Brexit player, endorsed a three-month extension on Wednesday morning. There are still EU governments—mostly from the Baltics and elsewhere in the east—that dream of Britain staying in the bloc.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 23, 2019 16:48 UTC