ON CALL ON TV, THERESA MAY PRESS PARLIAMENT TO APPROVE BREXIT AGREEMENT

Britain's Prime Minister says UK postponement of the European Union is a 'great personal grief' and is not prepared to delay deadline beyond June 30.

British Prime Minister Theresa May admitted on Wednesday that the United Kingdom will not leave the European Union by the deadline on 29 March and that this deadline is a "great personal grief."

Speaking on TV, she urged Parliament to vote for an agreement as a matter of urgency so that the country would not leave the bloc in a non-negotiated Brexit, which would be detrimental to various sectors.

"I came to office with the promise of delivering the outcome of the referendum," said the premier, who blamed Parliament for failing to fulfill its mission two years later. "As a result, we will not be able to leave in the given time."

Pressureing parliamentarians to vote for a deal in the coming days, May said it is time for them to make "a final decision" if they want to accept what she proposed - in her words "the best negotiable deal possible" - a agreement or simply not to leave the EU, which would cause "enormous damage to public confidence".

"Parliament never decides what it wants, only what it does not want," he complained. The prime minister has stood next to the people, saying that everyone is tired of seeing lawmakers discussing only Brexit two years ago, leaving aside other problems.

She also said that June 30 is the deadline for Brexit to take place should the delay requested to the European Union be accepted. "I'm not prepared to delay beyond June 30," he said.

If the United Kingdom remains in the EU after that date, it will be forced to take part in the European Parliament elections, which May rules out. "How much would these elections be bitter and divisive?" He asked, "at a time when the country needs to come together again."

Postponement

On Wednesday, May sent a letter to the European Union requesting that the deadline for the UK's exit from the bloc be postponed until 30 June.

In order to extend the permanence in the bloc, the request still needs the approval of all 27 member countries. They will meet in Brussels for discussion on Thursday (21).

With the extension of the deadline, May hopes to be able, in a third vote, to approve an agreement to ensure an orderly exit of the European bloc.

British Parliament votes postponement of Brexit on March 14

European Council President Donald Tusk said it could be extended if the British parliament approved a withdrawal agreement.

"I think a small extension will be possible, but it will be conditional on the approval of the withdrawal agreement in the House of Commons," Tusk said in a statement. Tusk said he had talked to the British premier over the phone.

Attempts at agreement

The original agreement proposed by Theresa May, approved by Brussels in November 2018, was rejected by the British parliament on January 15, by 432 votes against and 202 in favor, the government's greatest defeat in modern history - the previous record was 1924 , with a difference of 166 votes.

After that, Parliament approved two amendments to the bill: one requiring changes to what was originally proposed for the Irish border with Northern Ireland; and a consultative one, which "rejects the UK leaving the European Union without a Withdrawal and a Framework for the Future Relationship."

The decision on what to do with the physical border between Ireland (a member of the EU) and the British province of Northern Ireland (a member of the United Kingdom) is a stumbling block to the agreement's approval. The idea is that Brexit does not undermine the fragile 1998 Peace Agreement between the Irish.

In a second vote, on 12 March, a new proposal for an agreement was rejected. There were 391 votes against and 242 votes in favor.