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25 October 2019The European Union has not yet made a decision on the United Kingdom's request for an extension of the Brexit until 31 January 2020. The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said this at the end of a meeting with the ambassadors of the 27 Member States. "Good discussion but no decision," Barnier said, leaving the meeting.

At this morning's meeting of the ambassadors "the EU of 27 agreed in principle to an extension", but "the work will continue in the coming days", explained the Commission spokeswoman, Mina Andreeva. "The intention is to make this decision by written procedure," the Commission spokeswoman added.

According to various sources, there are divergent points of view among the 27 on the duration of the Brexit extension. A draft decision that had been circulated yesterday among the 27 ambassadors did not contain the new UK release date. The EU would like to be drawn into the political debate within the United Kingdom on the elections. "We are closely following the events in London this week and the next few days," the spokeswoman said.

Monday's vote is expected. The British parliament will vote on Johnson's request to go to early elections and the EU could speak later. A majority of European states are ready to accept the request that Johnson reluctantly made to postpone the three-month Brexit to January 31 next. London could divorce before that date if the withdrawal agreement reached with Brussels was ratified by Parliament.

Corbyn: yes to elections if Johnson ecslude threatens her with a no-deal exit
Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn is ready to accept Boris Johnson's proposal to go to early elections if the prime minister first explicitly excludes the threat of a no-deal exit. To the question of a journalist of the Itv channel if he is ready to support the request for early elections, Corbyn replied "on condition that the Prime Minister comes to Parliament on Monday and says in an absolutely clear way that there will not be a disastrous exit from the EU, because his agreement also includes the possibility of a no-deal exit ". "He has to do this," Corbyn added, "because this is how Parliament works: we have to make it aware of its actions. I think a no-deal exit is very dangerous. If Monday comes and says this, then ok."