Brexit delay: EU leaders consider 14-month delay to avoid no deal express.co.uk

EUROPEAN leaders could demand Brexit is delayed until 2021 after it emerged Boris Johnson will beg Brussels for an extension if he fails to secure a deal.
Officials and diplomats have shifted their planning to focus on preparing for an extension to the bloc’s Article 50 exit clause. Brussels now believes that is the most likely outcome after Michel Barnier warned the Government needed to “fundamentally amend its position” before formal negotiations could take place. After the chaos of previous delays, leaders have ordered diplomats to work on potential new dates for the UK’s departure.