The European Union has agreed to give Britain a "flexible postponement" of three months out of the bloc, European Council President Donald Tusk said as the British parliament prepares to vote on Monday for Prime Minister Boris Johnson's proposal for early legislative elections on December 15. Next I.

Tusk said on Twitter that "the 27 EU countries have agreed that they will agree to Britain's request to extend the deadline for Brexit until January 31, 2020," noting that the withdrawal may take place if an agreement is reached before that date.

The decision is expected to be formalized through a written procedure, which means EU leaders will not need to meet to become a formal decision, Tusk said.

Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is again trying to call early elections.

Johnson was forced to drop his promise to leave the EU on October 31, after parliament asked him for more time while discussing his latest divorce agreement with EU leaders.

Johnson will call parliament to vote early

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A vote is due in the British parliament on early parliamentary elections on December 12 proposed by the prime minister last Thursday to break the impasse.

Johnson, who has no parliamentary majority to fulfill his promise of Brexit by the end of this month, needs a two-thirds majority of the 650 deputies to hold early elections, and therefore to support some of the opposition.

The Labor Party opposes Johnson's agreement on Brexit and insists it will not support the election option until it gives up its threat to leave the EU without any agreement at all.

More than three years after the British voted 52% in favor of Brexit in the 2016 referendum, the country and parliament remain deeply divided.

Johnson, who led the "departure" campaign, took office in July, vowing to remove Britain from the European Union on October 31, no matter what happens.

But lawmakers rebelled against his threat to break 46 years of relations without agreement and passed a law requiring him to seek delay if they refused to accept the terms of the deal.

At the end of last week, Johnson reluctantly sent the letter to the EU without a signature and asked for a three-month delay.