British PM to make plea for June 30 Brexit date at EU summit

EU leaders are to meet for an emergency summit in Brussels to decide whether to offer the UK another delay to Brexit while Prime Minister Theresa May sets to reschedule the date the UK leaves the EU beyond this Friday, until June 30, BBC reports.

It was gathered that while UK MPs have rejected the withdrawal agreement Mrs May reached with other European leaders last year, she is now asking for the exit date to be extended. If no extension is granted, the option would be to leave on Friday without a deal.

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Mrs May is expected to head to Belgium Wednesday afternoon, after her weekly clash with Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn at Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons.

Meanwhile on Tuesday, it was also gathered that Mrs May travelled to Paris for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and Berlin to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a bid to seek their support for her shorter delay.

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