Faced with so much uncertainty, EU leaders whose talks went well after midnight agreed on a new Oct. 31 cutoff date. He said the EU was giving Britain six more months “to find the best possible solution” to its Brexit impasse. May spoke to the 27 EU leaders for just over an hour, before they met for dinner without her to decide Britain’s fate. The Confederation of British Industry said the Brexit extension means an “imminent economic crisis” has been averted for now. He said it was not on the minds of the EU leaders.

Source: National Post April 11, 2019 13:07 UTC