A draft memo prepared ahead of this week’s EU summit says the UK would be held to enhanced “sincere cooperation” terms in the event of a 9- or 12-month extension.
The EU’s remaining 27 member states will consider two proposals this week for delaying Brexit that would require the UK to either pass a withdrawal deal by this Friday or face a long extension with strict conditions attached to ensure Britain doesn’t disrupt the bloc’s working.
It will be discussed first on Tuesday by EU27 ambassadors and sherpas who are preparing draft conclusions for this week’s meeting, and is still subject to change. The final decision will be made by the leaders on Wednesday. But that is highly unlikely given the current state of play at Westminster. The memo says that if a withdrawal agreement is not passed by Friday, the 27 leaders will be asked to consider a nine or 12 month extension, until 31 December 2019 or 31 March 2020. The purpose of the additional time, the memo says, would be to give the UK the space it needs to complete its domestic decision making process and find a majority for a deal.
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