EU will grant Brexit extension if Johnson sends letter, says Brussels

The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, at the EU summit on Friday. Photograph: Isopix/REX/ShutterstockThe EU will grant a further Brexit delay beyond 31 October if a letter of request is received from Boris Johnson, but the bloc will not make the first move, senior officials in Brussels have said.Shortly after the Commons put the prime minister under a legal obligation to seek an extension, a spokeswoman for the European commission called for clarificati