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UK prime minister Theresa May's proposed June 30 extension date - nine days before Brexit is due to happen - has not gone down well in Brussels (Photo: Council of the European Union)

May tosses Brexit spanner into EU machinery

Efforts by embattled UK prime minister Theresa May to extend Brexit until the end of June have roused further grief among an increasingly exasperated European Union.

May proposed her three-month deadline in a letter sent to European Council president Donald Tusk on Wednesday (20 March) ahead of Thursday's summit in Brussels, where EU leaders and heads of state are set to discuss Brexit.

"Prime minster May's proposal of the 30th of June, which has its merits, creates a series of qu...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

UK prime minister Theresa May's proposed June 30 extension date - nine days before Brexit is due to happen - has not gone down well in Brussels (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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