The United Kingdom may not leave the European Union on March 29 as previously planned.
This is because MPs have voted by Four hundred and thirteen to two hundred and two, a majority of two hundred and eleven – for Prime Minister Theresa May to ask the EU for a delay to Brexit.
Mrs May said Brexit could be delayed by three months, to 30 June, if MPs back her deal in a vote next week.
If they reject her deal again, then she says she will seek a longer extension, but any delay has to be agreed by the 27 other EU member states.
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A spokesman for the European Commission said extending Article 50, the mechanism taking the UK out of the EU on 29 March, would need the “unanimous agreement” of all EU member states.
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