Brexit could still happen. But for the first time the odds on it happening are no better than even.
Sure, there was some anger over the delayed withdrawal. But most members were looking forward to a holiday from the hellish pressures of recent months.
The extension announced on Wednesday gives the country six more months to figure out a plan to leave the E.U., but firms, especially small ones, fear another impasse.
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The bloc offered Britain a Brexit deadline at the end of October to avert a no-deal withdrawal that was set to take place on Friday evening.
The British prime minister is likely to get more time from the European Union, but perhaps not the deadline she wants.
The British prime minister is likely to get more time from the European Union, but perhaps not the deadline she wants.
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Talks with Prime Minister Theresa May over a possible compromise on Brexit have put the Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, in a position he has avoided: committing to a plan.
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Labour leaders said the British prime minister had not bent to any of their demands. They also fear that any compromise on Brexit could be ripped up under her successor.
British lawmakers may still be wrestling over Britain’s withdrawal from the E.U., but some travel documents have been issued without “European Union” on the cover.
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The proposal from Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, leaves the door open for Britain to withdraw from the bloc sooner if it ratifies a deal.
The leaders of Britain’s Conservative and Labour Parties face challenges in reaching an agreement, each because of political pushback to compromise from within their parties.
With Britain facing a long extension, the idea is to add a provision for shortening the delay if Parliament should agree on an exit deal.
With Britain facing a long extension, the idea is to add a provision for shortening the delay if Parliament should agree on an exit deal.
If the Troubles return, it will signal the defeat of one of the Continent’s great postwar achievements.
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Cross-party cooperation goes so profoundly against the grain in Britain’s Parliament, the last-ditch effort had a slightly unreal feeling, as if the laws of physics had been suspended.
The party speaks for anti-Brexit Catholics in Northern Ireland, and its seven votes could make a difference. But it refuses on principle to participate.
The party speaks for anti-Brexit Catholics in Northern Ireland, and its seven votes could make a difference. But it refuses on principle to participate.
The two players most affected by the “Irish backstop” and the wrangling over their common border often get left out of the conversation. Can both be satisfied?
Can the two leaders overcome their antagonistic history and find a way out of the quagmire? The government said the talks got off to a constructive start. Labour was less optimistic.
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A no-deal Brexit, once unthinkable, could happen in less than two weeks, barring a deadline extension. Here are some of the likely consequences.
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The prime minister made the surprising offer after a fractious meeting with her cabinet, and said she would seek a second delay to Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc.
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The bloc’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said there was no alternative to the British prime minister’s plan, even with a long extension.
The bloc’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said there was no alternative to the British prime minister’s plan, even with a long extension.
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Lawmakers came close to endorsing a “softer” British withdrawal from the E.U. that would have eased barriers to trade.
Lawmakers rejected alternative proposals to Prime Minister Theresa May’s already-rejected proposal, with less than two weeks until an April 12 deadline.
No one knows how the politics of Brexit will end. But the twisting road has already cooled investment and damaged the nation’s reputation as a haven for commerce.
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Britain’s complicated exit from the European Union has rattled corporations around the world. And that means lawyers are pulling in clients and profit.
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Britons on both sides of the issue are angry and embarrassed at the spectacle in Parliament, and they are losing faith in their political system.
Britain’s breakdown represents a much wider phenomenon. Across Western democracies, politics are increasingly defined by opposition — to everything.
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The now routine defeat for the prime minister’s exit plan also underscores that Parliament itself has no idea what to do.
Jon Worth’s meticulous Brexit flowcharts attempt to chart every possibility. But the task is basically impossible.
Lawmakers will vote a third time on the prime minister’s deal to withdraw Britain from the European Union, and she has promised to step down if it passes.
Lawmakers will vote a third time on the prime minister’s deal to withdraw Britain from the European Union, and she has promised to step down if it passes.
Lawmakers refused, for a third time, to back the prime minister’s deal to withdraw Britain from the European Union.
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Some Conservative lawmakers struggled to keep the prime minister’s deal alive as others said that her offer to resign was not enough to win approval.
Some Conservative lawmakers struggled to keep the prime minister’s deal alive as others said that her offer to resign was not enough to win approval.
The British prime minister made one final gamble, offering to resign in exchange for the votes to get her withdrawal agreement over the line.
The British prime minister made one final gamble, offering to resign in exchange for the votes to get her withdrawal agreement over the line.
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Lawmakers are expected to vote on a series of options, trying to wrest control from Prime Minister Theresa May, but they may be unable to agree on an alternative.
Lawmakers are expected to vote on a series of options, trying to wrest control from Prime Minister Theresa May, but they may be unable to agree on an alternative.
The British prime minister did not specify when she would step down, but the European Union has said that it would approve an extension in the Brexit process to May 22, if her plan gained approval.
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British lawmakers will now hold a series of votes to see if they can come up with a better Brexit plan than has Mrs. May, whose tenure is ever shakier.
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Frustration and numbness have driven many Britons to embrace the high-risk solution of simply walking away from negotiations with the European Union.
Hundreds of thousands marched in a last-ditch effort to reverse Britain’s looming split from the European Union.
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The Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland strongly suggested that it would oppose Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan, damaging her hopes for its approval in Parliament.
After getting a short reprieve from the European Union, Parliament will try, again, to agree on a way forward, but the prospects remain uncertain.
After getting a short reprieve from the European Union, Parliament will try, again, to agree on a way forward, but the prospects remain uncertain.
An online petition on Parliament’s website is unlikely to change the course of Brexit, but Britons keep signing anyway.
A mass demonstration planned for Saturday in London will be led by youthful activists who see it as the first step in a battle to reverse Brexit that could last decades.
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The short extension was conditioned on Parliament’s approving a withdrawal deal it has already rejected twice by decisive margins.
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In an op-ed for a British newspaper, President Trump’s eldest son said his father’s advice had been ignored and accused “European elites” of derailing the process.