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Theresa May opens way to Brexit delay

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Theresa May opens way to Brexit delay

British Prime Minister Theresa May announced on Tuesday that in the event of failure of her draft agreement to leave the EU in the vote of the House of Commons planned for March 13, Members will be given the right to choose between Brexit without a contract or delay in leaving the Community.

However, the head of the government stressed that the preferred scenario is to leave the EU on the basis of the contract originally developed."Our absolute focus should be on working to get a deal and leaving on March 29. An extension beyond the end of June would mean the UK taking part in the European Parliament elections. What kind of message would that send to the more than 17 million people who voted to leave the EU nearly three years ago now?," she asked.

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