Boris Johnson Will Pursue Brexit Plans If Lawmakers Reject Election

By Staff, Agencies

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will push ahead with plans to leave the European Union and with the government’s domestic agenda if lawmakers fail to back a snap election, his spokesman said on Friday.

Earlier in the day, European Union ambassadors agreed in principle to delay Brexit, but set no new date, European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said.

An EU official added after the meeting of the 27 national envoys from countries that will stay in the EU after Britain leaves to discuss London’s request to postpone Brexit beyond Oct 31 that there was full agreement on the need for an extension.

“Work will continue over the weekend. [27 EU ambassadors] are expected to meet early next week, on Monday or Tuesday, to finalize an agreement,” the person added, stressing that the bloc would not call a special summit of leaders to do that.

A senior EU diplomat, who took part in the meeting in Brussels earlier on Friday, added: “We continue with discussion.”