EU rejects Theresa May's bid for short delay to Brexit

Donald Tusk said granting a short extension ‘would increase the risk of a rolling series of short extensions and emergency summits’ Photograph: Isopix/Rex/ShutterstockTheresa May’s request for a short Brexit delay has been torn up, putting the EU on track to instead extend Britain’s membership until 2020.Despite the prime minister’s desperate dash to Paris and Berlin, to convince leaders of her plan to break the Brexit impasse, the European council president, Donald