Press release - Brexit: EP Group leaders support a flexible extension until 31/1/20
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Thursday, October 24, 2019
The Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament this morning reviewed the state of play regarding the UK withdrawal from the EU in light of the latest developments and has written to European Council President, Donald Tusk, to recommend he accept the request for a further extension to 31 January 2020.
Key Points:
- The Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament this morning reviewed the state of play regarding the UK withdrawal from the EU in light of the latest developments and has written to European Council President, Donald Tusk, to recommend he accept the request for a further extension to 31 January 2020.
- The Conference of Presidents continues to take the view that the consent procedure with regard to the Withdrawal Agreement is not a formality but must be preceded by a thorough and exhaustive scrutiny of the text.
- This extension will allow the United Kingdom to clarify its position and the European Parliament to properly exercise its role, underlined President Sassoli.
- The Conference of Presidents underlined that a European Council decision on an extension should take into account that the European Parliaments consent procedure would begin only after the ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement by the United Kingdom.