after Britain voted narrowly to leave the EU, its departure is uncertain and increasingly impatient European capitals are pressing May to spell out how she plans to resolve the crisis before they can agree to an extension.
Other EU member states were discussing two main options: a delay of two to three months, if May persuades them she can clinch a deal at home, or much longer if she accepts that radical reworking of the accord is needed. An official in the office of President Emmanuel Macron went further, saying France was ready to veto any British request fora Brexit delay that delays matters without offering a way out of the present deadlock, or imperils European Union institutions.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned time was running out, saying: “I will fight until the last minute of the time to March29 for an orderly exit. We haven’t got a lot of time for that.”