French President Emmanuel Macron is leading the charge to impose tough political conditions on the UK as the price for any Brexit delay.
EU leaders meet Wednesday and are expected to offer UK PM May more time for Brexit, giving her a chance to break the parliamentary deadlock. Macron wants the UK to commit to not using a continuing presence as a departing member of the EU to disrupt the bloc's business.
French foreign minister
- We can't live in a perpetual Brexit process,
- The British government and the British parliament have to realise that the EU cannot forever waste its time in dealing with the vagaries of the UK's domestic politics
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The current exit date is Friday 12 April 20149, May has asked for an extension to June 30.
