Brussels - European Union leaders have given Prime Minister Theresa May two weeks' reprieve, until April 12, before Britain could lurch out of the EU if she fails to persuade lawmakers to back the withdrawal treaty she concluded with Brussels.
After May left the room, and with French President Emmanuel Macron pitching a surprise ultimatum for Britain to be out, deal or no deal, by May 7 -- the eve of a summit on the EU's post-Brexit future -- the meeting plunged into frantic debate. If Britain decides by April 12 against holding the EU election, it could then leave the EU without a deal at any time up to May 22.
But May's stated belief in her strategy of a third vote did not communicate itself to the summit table.
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