Donald Tusk: EU will only back short Brexit delay if May's deal passes
by Daniel Boffey and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and from World news | The Guardian on (#4BFSA)
No deal looms as Germany demands 'concrete purpose' for extension and France threatens to block it
Donald Tusk has put a no-deal Brexit back on the table by saying EU leaders will only agree to a short delay if MPs back Theresa May's deal next week, on a day of high drama in Brussels and London.
After belatedly receiving Theresa May's formal letter requesting a three-month extension of article 50, and taking a late afternoon phone call with her, the European council president admitted that success appeared "frail, even illusory" on the eve of Thursday's summit.
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