Many European governments are ready to delay the Brexit negotiations regardless of who succeeds Theresa May as prime minister, The Times reported on Friday, citing a source.
“We hate it. But we are going to give them another extension. In the end no one wants to be seen as the one who pulls the plug,” the senior European source told the newspaper.
The UK political landscape is gradually collapsing as Brexit negotiations remain in a deadlock. Late last month, May announced that she would be stepping down as the Conservative party’s leader and, subsequently, as prime minister, on June 7, after failing to achieve a consensus in parliament and within her own party over the country’s withdrawal from the European Union.
May’s most likely successor is currently fellow Conservative Boris Johnson, who has previously served as foreign secretary and London mayor. He has insisted that the United Kingdom will be out of the bloc on October 31, the new Brexit deadline, regardless of whether London approves a withdrawal agreement.
Many EU governments ready to give UK another Brexit extension
