Extension Request: Members States and Johnson

extension request: An hour before the deadline, European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted The extension request has just arrived, according to The Japan Times. I will now start consulting EU leaders on how to react. But after Johnson failed to get the agreement approved in Parliament on Saturday and then sent a letter to seek an extension for the divorce, there seemed very little chance that the other 27 members states would refuse. ; A law passed by Parliament last month set a late-night deadline for the government to send a letter asking the EU for a three-month postponement if lawmakers had not approved an agreement by Saturday. Johnson made clear he was making the request under duress. Earlier in the day, Johnson had told lawmakers that further delay would be bad for this country, bad for the European Union and bad for democracy. The letter was not signed, and was accompanied by a second letter this one signed by Johnson arguing that delay would damage the interests of the U.K. and our EU partners. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.