After a two-hour meeting with EU27 ambassadors in Brussels, EU chief Brexit negotiator said “no decision” was made regarding Brexit extension yet, despite the “excellent” discussion. It’s widely reported, and generally believed, that EU is in full agreement on the need for an extension. Work will continue over the weekend take make the decision by written procedure. But the duration for the extension is undecided, waiting for results on a vote on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s push for Christmas election. The finally decision could be made on Monday or Tuesday.
Chancellor Sajid Javid told BBC Radio today that “The opposition have said, week after week, that if there is a delay of three months, which is what they requested through parliament, then they will vote for a general election, so let’s see if they keep their word. And if they don’t then we will keep bringing back to parliament a motion to have an election. And we will keep doing that again and again.”
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told ITV that Johnson needed to come to parliament on Monday and rule out a no-deal Brexit. He also criticized the December 12 election date as being “odd for many reasons – it’s so near Christmas, it’s after universities finish their terms”.
