European Union Impatient With Brexit, but Resigned to Delay

European Union Impatient With Brexit, but Resigned to Delay
German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes part in a panel at the annual Global Solutions Summit in Berlin on March 19, 2019. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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BRUSSELS—European Union governments are exasperated by British dithering over quitting the bloc but have little appetite for pushing it out on schedule next week without a divorce deal, senior figures said on March 19.

EU ministers in Brussels in preparation for a summit with British Prime Minister Theresa May on March 21 voiced frustration after the speaker of parliament threw up a new obstacle for her plan to get her Brexit deal ratified before the March 29 deadline.