An extension until January 31 of the deadline for Britain to leave the European Union is “very probable”, a French diplomatic source said on Monday, as EU states were to meet to discuss a new Brexit delay.
“There will very probably be an agreement” at Monday’s meeting on the extension until January 31, said the source after new telephone talks on the issue between French President Emmanuel Macron and British PM Boris Johnson on Sunday.
The indication by a French source said that a three-month extension is on the cards is hugely significant given that Paris was always seen as the major EU player most wary of another delay.
Macron has expressed impatience over the repeated postponements of Brexit, saying they are getting in the way of his vision of reforming the EU.
“The conditions of the extension have been specified and reinforced, notably on the fact that the deal is not renegotiable,” added the French source.