While U.K. opposition parties say they will not support an election until it knows the EU will grant a Brexit delay. The weary EU has already granted two Brexit extensions and negotiated two withdrawal deals. No deal is in nobody’s interests and the EU has gone the extra mile in negotiations,” Gostyńska-Jakubowska said. U.K. lawmakers then voted on the deal in principle but could not support rushing it through legislation in three days. Another question on the EU 27 member states’ minds is if an election could break the Brexit deadlock.

Source: Forbes October 25, 2019 19:30 UTC