Tusk Warns “Don’t Waste Time” As Halloween Brexit Extension Granted

The EU has agreed to a flexible extension of the Brexit deadline, moving it to 31 October 2019. PM Theresa May dashed to Brussels late on Wednesday night to make a case for the extension. French President Emmanuel Macron was the only member of the EU initially against the longer extension, but eventually joined the other 26 states in offering the UK the “flextension”.