The process to take the U.K. officially out of the European Union began two years ago, but has yet to be finalized. U.K. parliamentarians have so far rejected the deal that Prime Minister Theresa May negotiated with the EU three times.
Britain should be allowed to delay its official Brexit departure date again so it can think carefully about its future, the EU's competition chief told CNBC.
Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, said Tuesday that it's more and more likely by the day that the U.K. will leave in an abrupt way without any transition phase. When asked about where the EU may have failed in keeping all of its members, Vestager said Brussels needs to keep integrating its members even after they have joined.
Vestager is one of the liberal candidates in the race for the next presidency of the European Commission — the EU's executive body.
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