BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Thursday offered Britain an extension to Brexit that would allow the country to delay its EU departure date until Halloween. Leaders of the 27 remaining EU member states met for more than six hours before agreeing after midnight to postpone Brexit until Oct. 31, two officials said. May believes that a June 30 deadline is enough time for Britain’s Parliament to ratify a Brexit deal and pass the legislation needed for a smooth Brexit. May spoke to the 27 EU leaders for just over an hour, before they met for dinner without her to decide Britain’s fate. Many leaders said they were inclined to grant a Brexit delay, though Macron had reservations after hearing May speak.

Source: Huffington Post April 11, 2019 01:18 UTC