Johnson: UK should be leaving EU on Oct. 31
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it was up to the European Union to decide a delay to Brexit but that Britain should be leaving on Oct. 31.
“At the moment it is up to the EU, as you know, to decide whether or not they are going to give us an extension. As things stand we can leave on Oct. 31,” Johnson said. “We should be leaving on Oct. 31.”
“Of course October 31 is still possible - we could leave on Oct. 31 - unfortunately it depends on what the EU says,” he added.
On Monday, he will once again ask parliamentarians for a snap election, which he wants held on December 12.
Johnson needs the support of two-thirds of MPs, which has been withheld in his two previous attempts to go to the polls. The main opposition Labour Party is thought likely to abstain from Monday's vote, though some of its MPs could rebel against party leadership and side with the government.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said that he would not countenance an election while no-deal Brexit remains a possibility.
“We are not resisting the chance to have an election, we want an election because we want to take our case to the people of this country,” said the Labour leader.
“But we do not want this country to be in any danger of crashing out of the EU without a deal because of all the damage it will do to jobs across this country.”
Meanwhile, European Union members have agreed "in principle" to granting the United Kingdom's request for another extension to the Brexit deadline, an official has said, but the bloc delayed its decision on its length until next week.
Speaking on Friday after EU ambassadors met the EU Brexit chief negotiator Michel Barnier, European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said the envoys "agreed to the principle of an extension" and their work will "continue in the coming days".
(Source: Agencies)
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