Prime Minister Theresa May planned to hit Berlin and Paris to ask for more time in the European Union.
By Michael Birnbaum Michael Birnbaum Brussels bureau chief covering Europe Email Bio Follow April 9 at 6:24 AM BRUSSELS — British Prime Minister Theresa May jetted Tuesday to Berlin and Paris to plea for extra time to untangle her nation’s divorce from the European Union, three days before it is due to be booted from the bloc without a backup plan.
So far, Merkel has been the softy and Macron the hard-liner toward Britain’s reprieve request, as British lawmakers continue to talk themselves in circles about how to extricate themselves from the European Union. Macron presided over a compromise last month that gave Britain until April 12 to deliver a clear plan for the divorce, a breakthrough that now appears vanishingly unlikely. May wants more time anyway.
German policymakers have been more charitable toward Britain, saying that no one wants the chaos of a British departure from the union if there is no safety net in place. But they too have asked for more details ahead of Wednesday’s crisis meetings, which will start in the evening and will probably drag into the wee hours as leaders duke out the details.
But leaders will need to find a way to keep up pressure on fractious British politicians to come to a compromise. May has started talks with opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn — a major step in Britain’s famously compromise-averse political system, but one that holds no guarantees of success. May also agreed to hold elections for European Parliament, a step that was a condition for unlocking extra time inside the European Union.
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