Britain will crash out of the EU on 31 October unless Theresa May’s Brexit deal is ratified or a new prime minister calls a second referendum or general election this summer, the bloc’s leaders have concluded. The Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, speaking at a summit in Brussels, said that there was now “enormous hostility” among the EU27’s heads of state and government to any further delay to Brexit. The European council president, Donald Tusk, had warned the UK not to waste the nine-month extension granted in April. “I look forward to meeting him, look forward to hearing what he has to say,” Varadkar said of the new prime minister being chosen by the Conservative party. Varadkar’s comments echoed those of the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, earlier in the day.

Source: The Guardian June 20, 2019 08:59 UTC