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Brexit could be delayed until next year after European Council President Donald Tusk recommended community leaders accept Britain's request to extend the Brexit deadline. Tusk assured that this extension is necessary to avoid a no-deal Brexit. These statements came after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed to obtain support to force express approval of the Brexit legislation that would allow the departure date of October 31 to be maintained. Previously, British parliamentarians approved the principles of the Brexit deal that Johnson negotiated with the EU but rejected the timetable for its ratification in Parliament. Johnson has insisted that he will not accept another extension and will move forward "towards a general election." Discover more stories on Business Insider Spain.
The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk , has recommended to the leaders of the member countries of the European Union that they accept the United Kingdom's request to extend Brexit after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson postpones the legislation necessary to ratify the agreement that signed with the EU. Tusk tweeted this Tuesday that the Brexit extension was necessary to prevent Middle East Phone Number List the United Kingdom from leaving the EU without an agreement when the Brexit deadline arrives on October 31. Read more: Here are the answers to all those questions you ask yourself about Brexit but don't dare ask "Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to pause the ratification process of the Withdrawal Agreement, and with the intention of avoiding a no-deal Brexit , I recommend that the 27 accept the British request for an extension ," he tweeted.
Tusk's response came after British parliamentarians approved the principles of the agreement that Johnson has reached with the EU but immediately rejected the prime minister's calendar.to ratify the agreement at the end of October. After the vote, Johnson said he would "pause" the legislation while he waits for the EU's response to his request for an extension. Johnson said he was "disappointed" by the decision to block approval of the agreement. "I must express my disappointment that the House has voted again in favor of an extension rather than a timetable that would have guaranteed that the United Kingdom would be in a position to leave the EU on October 31 with a deal," he told parliamentarians. " We now face greater uncertainty , and the EU must now decide how to respond to Parliament's request for an extension ," he added. Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has assured MPs that it is " very unlikely to be possible" to pass the Brexit bill through Parliament in time for the October 31 deadline .