UK leader asks EU for Brexit extension until June 30

British Prime Minister Theresa May is requesting that the deadline for her country to leave the European Union be extended until June 30.

LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May is requesting that the deadline for the U.K. to leave the European Union be extended until June 30.to European Council President Donald Tusk Friday, May said that “the United Kingdom proposes that this period should end on 30 June, 2019.”

Any extension to the deadline will need unanimous approval from the 27 remaining EU nations. French President Emmanuel Macron has thus far seemed cautious about giving Britain more time. May says she “accepts” the EU position that if Britain has not left the 28-nation bloc by May 23 it will have a legal obligation to take part in the elections.

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