Investing.com - Theresa May announced that she has written to European Council President Donald Tusk to request an extension to Article 50 and thus delay the date the U.K. will leave the European Union.
With just nine days before the official March 29 exit date, it is expected the letter has requested a short delay of three months but the ultimate length of the delay was unclear amid the political chaos in London.
British Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to hold a third vote on her deal was thrown into disarray by a surprise intervention from the speaker of parliament earlier this week when John Bercow claimed the vote could not be hold if it were 'substantially the same' as the vote on March 12.
May earlier warned parliament that if it did not ratify her deal, she would ask to delay Brexit beyond June 30, a step that Brexit's advocates fear would endanger the entire divorce.
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