U.K. Parliament votes to delay Brexit deal in rare Saturday session
U.K. Parliament votes to delay Brexit deal in rare Saturday session
19:05, 19.10.2019

Members of Britain’s Parliament passed an amendment Saturday that seemingly forces Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask the EU for a Brexit extension past the current October 31 deadline.

Under U.K. law, Johnson is required to either get his deal approved today or seek an extension from the European Union to that end-of-October date, but Johnson vowed to forge ahead.

“I will not negotiate a delay, nor does the law force me to,” Johnson said after the result of the vote was announced, adding that he would be putting his Brexit deal up for a vote next week.

It was unclear how he planned to get around the law, CBS News reports.

 





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