EU Wrangles Over New Brexit Delay Sought by May

UK Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at a European Union emergency summit on Brexit in Brussels on April 10, 2019. Alastair Grant/Pool via REUTERS

BRUSSELS—European Union leaders were poised to grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Britain’s fraught exit at an emergency summit on April 10, after arguing over how long and on what terms.

“The question isn’t whether there will be an extension but for how long and under what conditions,” a senior diplomat said.

May Wants Out Soon

Legally, Britain is due to leave the EU on April 12 with no transition to new trading arrangements. But leaders insisted they would not force Britain out in a disorderly departure.