FT: Brussels believes it is now time to move on with Brexit

EU leaders want to minimise disruption and concentrate on other pressing issues.

Forget the letters. The EU will almost certainly extend the Brexit deadline, even though UK prime minister Boris Johnson sent three contradictory missives to the bloc on Saturday evening, rather than simply asking for an extension, as required by the Benn Act.

But the EU’s position on extension has shifted in a subtle but substantial way from six months ago. Back then at least some EU leaders sympathised, or even colluded with, the Remainers in the House of Commons. They had lost confidence in then-prime minister Theresa May after her repeated defeats. They had even lower expectations of Mr Johnson.

But the crucial difference this time is that he has managed to edge towards, and possibly beyond, the majority needed to pass his deal.

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Brussels believes it is now time to move on with Brexit

Source: FT