UK Prime Minister Theresa May has written to European Council President Donald Tusk to request Brexit be extended to June 30. In the letter, the prime minister asks for the option to terminate the extension earlier but accepts that if the UK is still a European Union member state on May 23 it will have a “legal obligation” to take part in the European elections. She tells Tusk that the UK will make “responsible preparations” if her withdrawal agreement is not ratified before the trigger date. Britain is due to leave the EU at the end of next week, but May is seeking to delay Brexit for a second time after her deal was rejected for a third time last week. May wants her preferred date of June 30 to be flexible, however, writing: “If the parties are able to ratify before this date, the Government proposes that the period should be terminated early.”

Source: Huffington Post April 05, 2019 09:33 UTC