Brussels, Belgium (CNN)The European Union has agreed a delay to the tortuous Brexit process that avoids the UK crashing out without a deal and throws one last lifeline to the beleaguered British Prime Minister, Theresa May.
After hours of negotiations that stretched late into the night in Brussels, the EU rejected May’s proposal for a Brexit delay and imposed their own, two-part timetable.
The revised deal was agreed after a tense summit at which May failed to convince EU leaders that she could persuade British lawmakers to pass her overall Withdrawal Agreement next week and therefore avoid a no-deal Brexit on March 29.
