The European Union conditions the postponement of Brexit to the approval by the British Parliament of Theresa May's agreement

The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, Wednesday, the approval of the European Union (EU) by a short extension of the Brexit date was subject to the approval by the British Parliament of the divorce agreement.

"A short extension is possible but will be conditioned to the House of Commons' positive vote at the divorce agreement", he said in a statement to the media Tusk on the eve of a two-day European summit in Brussels.

European leader's answer further complicates possibilities of Premier Theresa Mayhis exit plan had already been rejected twice by the House of Commons.

Now it will be the European leaders who willThey will have to discuss May's request In a letter sent this Wednesday, an extension until June 30 of the departure date, originally scheduled on March 29. They will have to reach, by consensus, the final decision on the subject at a meeting scheduled for Thursday.

May was forced to request a postponement after the second rejection of the divorce agreement by the British Parliament closed with Brussels, and after that also rejected a day after the scenario of a Brexit without agreement.

Tusk, who coordinates the work of EU leaders, said, however, that the question of the duration of this extension "remains open", since the date of June 30 "creates a series of questions of a legal and political nature".

The European Commission warned on Wednesday "serious legal and political risks" from a postponement to this date and felt that a short extension should end on May 23, at the start of the European elections in the bloc.

If European leaders support the proposal of the President of the European Council and the House of Commons approves the divorce agreement, Tusk badured that the decision to postpone the departure date could be formalized by "writing".

"However, if necessary, I will not hesitate to invite the members of the European Council to Brussels for a meeting next week. "added the former Polish Prime Minister, full of hope.

For Tusk, "Although the hope of final success may seem fragile, if not illusory, and the Brexit's fatigue is more and more visible and justified, we can not give up research. until the last moment of a positive solution ".