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Donald Tusk (m) and Theresa May (r) at the start of the summit meeting (Photo: Council of the European Union)

EU leaders agree 31 October as new Brexit deadline

The EU has agreed to an extension of the Brexit deadline until 31 October, with a review in June, after French president Emmanuel Macron resisted calls for a longer delay.

The compromise came on early Thursday (11 April) after six hours of talks at an emergency summit in Brussels, where British prime minister Theresa May had asked to extend the deadline until 30 June.

The new date means the UK will not crash out of the EU this Friday, which had been the previous exit date.

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Donald Tusk (m) and Theresa May (r) at the start of the summit meeting (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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