The EU agreed to extend Brexit until October 31st 2019 amid a compromise reached. UK Prime Minister May asked for an extension until June 30th 2019 while European Council President Donald Tusk argued for a much longer extension hoping for a Brexit reversal. French President Macron remained the sole opposition and stated that a delay past June 30th 2019 would harm the EU. In the end he gave in an agreed to the October 31st extended deadline, but the UK may leave prior to that if UK Parliament can agree on May’s Brexit deal.

Late yesterday evening the UK Parliament voted 329-302 in order to take control over Brexit. The UK was supposed to leave this Friday, March 29th 2019, but is now more likely to depart on May 22nd 2019. This would be on the eve of EU Parliamentary elections and the absolute last date possible for the UK to depart, according to numerous EU officials. This has opened the door to a potentially much softer Brexit and close ties to the EU, which would go against the results of the 2016 referendum.

It is safe to state that the next few weeks before the official March 29th deadline will be chaotic. UK Prime Minister May was unable to push her hated Brexit deal through Parliament on two occasions and Parliament Speaker John Bercow told May that she can’t have a third vote on the same deal. This means in order for her to get a vote in Parliament, fundamental changes in the current deal need to be implemented.

March 29th 2019 is supposed to be the day the UK will leave the European Union and deliver to voters of the 2016 Brexit referendum what they demanded. Then PM Cameron resigned and May took the top spot in UK politics. She herself voter remain and many saw her unfit to deliver on the result of the referendum. During her premiership she had to fight battle after battle which she lost in most cases. UK politics has been divided under her leadership, or as some call it lack thereof, and even her own party is split.