Exasperated EU powers demand Brexit clarity from London

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EU powers on Tuesday demanded London tell them clearly what it wants from Brexit, warning they had no appetite to sign off on vague plans to delay Britain's departure from the bloc.

The prospect of a postponed, watered-down or even cancelled Brexit via another referendum is sharpening minds. AFP/Tolga AKMEN

The bombshell ruling leaves May scrambling to avoid a chaotic no-deal departure in less than a fortnight, but EU heavyweights Germany and France warned they would not agree to delay Brexit simply to save the PM’s skin. EU leaders had hoped May would come to their summit in Brussels on Thursday with a plan to ratify the withdrawal deal before the scheduled March 29 departure date.

“We need something new, because if it’s an extension to remain in the same deadlock where we are, how do we get out of this deadlock?

 

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