The statement was issued just minutes after UK prime minister Theresa May’s amended Brexit plan was crushed 242 to 391 on Tuesday evening.
A spokesperson for European Council president Donald Tusk said in a statement that the European Union would only extend Article 50 under a “reasoned” request.
Have just come out of a meeting with Barnier and he is scared of a no deal WTO Brexit.
There is also huge pressure on Mrs May, if she demands an extension, to give a firm reason why. There will be no blank cheque for it.
I’ll be speaking in the European Parliament shortly.
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) March 13, 2019
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