Theresa May opened the possibility that Brexit does not start on March 29: it will be decided by Parliament

UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday told MPs that leaves them the decision to postpone the Brexit date for "a short and limited period" if they refuse the separation agreement signed with the European Union (EU) and refuse to leave without any agreement.

May repeated that personally opposed to this postponement and pointed out that, in any case, he can not go beyond Juneotherwise, the United Kingdom will have to participate in the European Parliament elections scheduled for the end of May.

The new separation agreement is expected to be voted on March 12. after the parliament rejected several earlier projects. In the event of rejection, the postponement of the separation, scheduled in principle for March 29, will be voted on March 14.

This would imply extending the validity of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which sets the bargaining period for the departure of a European Community from the European bloc and that was invoked after the referendum of June 2016 during which the "yes" at Brexit had been imposed at the polls.

"If the camera [de los comunes], having rejected the exit with the agreement that had been negotiated with the EU, rejects the departure on March 29 without an approved agreement and future frameworkOn March 14, the government will move a motion to extend section 50 to a limited extent. If the chamber approves it, it will extend this extension to the European Union and make the necessary changes to the legislation to achieve this ", May said in front of the parliament

"These are commitments that I make as Prime Minister and I will honor them, as I have done with previous commitments," he said, noting that the extension could not exceed the month of June.

The UK's exit process from the EU has got bogged down in recent months after that the British parliament rejected the agreement and the framework concluded between London and Brussels, in particular on the basis of its provisions on the new frontier to be implemented between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Conservative Party Member, the Prime Minister governs in minority with a "case-by-case" alliance with the DUP of Northern Ireland, this allows you to obtain the majority in certain special polls. But he failed to approve his initial project or subsequent modifications, so he now risks a Brexit without agreement, a scenario that all the forces involved want to avoid.