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The EU is set to consider a Brexit extension until January 31 with an option for the UK to leave earlier if a deal is ratified.
Ambassadors from the 27 member countries are due to meet on Monday to agree on a delay, with a draft text including three possible dates for Brexit.
The dates the UK could leave the EU could be November 30, December 31 or January 31.
A decision could come as MPs vote on a motion to hold a snap election on December 12 in a bid to break the Parliament deadlock.
Included in the draft text EU leaders will be discussing will be a commitment that the Withdrawal Agreement cannot be negotiated in future, Reuters reported.
The UK will leave the EU on Thursday unless the extension is approved.
Under the proposed legal decision to extend the Brexit process, the EU would also retain the right to meet without the UK to consider future business during the extension.
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The crowd cheered as MPs voted to delay Brexit
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Anti-Brexit protesters in London
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EU supporters march toward Parliament
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The remain supporters are calling for a second vote on the final Brexit deal
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The crowds slowly head to Parliament Square
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Tens of thousands of EU supporters march on Parliament Square
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Protesters are calling for a vote on any Brexit deal
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Demonstrators with placards gather in Parliament Square
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Thousands of people on the march fill Parliament Square
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Tens of thousands of people took part in the protest
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Anti-Brexit protesters on the march
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Anti-Brexit protestes with their placards
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Protesters are calling for a ‘People’s Vote’
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Crowds march through central London to demand a People’s Vote on the Governments new Brexit deal
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Anti-Brexit protesters march in London
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Police officers monitor protesters on Old Park Lane
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EU supporters calling on the Government to allow a vote on the final Brexit deal
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Sir Patrick Stewart and Paul McGann join protesters at the anti-Brexit march
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EU supporters at the ‘People’s Vote’ march
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Protesters make their way to Parliament Square
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EU supporters at the start of the march
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The march in London attracted thousands demanding a second referendum
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Anti-Brexit protesters march in London
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Protesters on Old Park Lane as they head to Parliament Square
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Anti-Brexit protesters march in London
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Protesters as Parliament sits on a Saturday for the first time since the 1982 Falklands War
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Protesters head to Parliament Square
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Pro-Brexit and anti-Brexit demonstrators argue at Parliament Square
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An anti-Brexit protester pushes a ‘Euro Disco trolley’
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EU supporters at the People’s Vote march
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Morris dancers take part in an anti-Brexit, Let Us Be Heard march on Old Park Lane
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Mr Brocolli -the vegetable climate change activist who went viral earlier this week – is at the People’s Vote march
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Figures depicting Boris Johnson and his special adviser Dominic Cummings
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EU supporter gather on Park Lane
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Protestors gather in Park Lane
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An anti-Brexit supporter has a message for Boris Johnson
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A message for the Prime Minister
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Protesters gather outside the Houses of Parliament
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Mr Brocolli on Park Lane ahead of today’s march
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A stall selling Brexit paraphernalia
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EU supporters prepare for today’s People’s Vote march in London
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Protesters outside the Houses of Parliament ahead of today’s march during a special Saturday sitting in the House of Commons
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Anna Soubry MP arrives at the Houses of Parliament
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Protesters outside the Houses of Parliament after Boris Johnson delivered a statement in the House of Commons
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Anti-Brexit protesters fill Parliament Square
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An overhead shot of the march
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Thousands of people packed the square outside the House of Commons
AFP via Getty Images
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Tens of thousands of people headed towards Parliament
UK BROADCASTERS POOL/AFP via Get
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The crowds fill Parliament Square
UK BROADCASTERS POOL/AFP via Get
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The crowd cheered as MPs voted to delay Brexit
UK BROADCASTERS POOL/AFP via Get
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Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in the march
AFP via Getty Images
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Anti-Brexit protesters in London
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EU supporters march toward Parliament
REUTERS
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EU flags in the crowd
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The remain supporters are calling for a second vote on the final Brexit deal
AP
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The crowds slowly head to Parliament Square
PA
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Tens of thousands of EU supporters march on Parliament Square
REUTERS
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A message for the Government
AFP via Getty Images
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Protesters are calling for a vote on any Brexit deal
AFP via Getty Images
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Demonstrators with placards gather in Parliament Square
AFP via Getty Images
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Thousands of people on the march fill Parliament Square
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Tens of thousands of people took part in the protest
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Anti-Brexit protesters on the march
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Anti-Brexit protestes with their placards
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Protesters are calling for a ‘People’s Vote’
AP
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Crowds march through central London to demand a People’s Vote on the Governments new Brexit deal
Getty Images
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Anti-Brexit protesters march in London
AP
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Police officers monitor protesters on Old Park Lane
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EU supporters calling on the Government to allow a vote on the final Brexit deal
REUTERS
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Sir Patrick Stewart and Paul McGann join protesters at the anti-Brexit march
PA
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EU supporters at the ‘People’s Vote’ march
REUTERS
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Protesters make their way to Parliament Square
AP
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EU supporters at the start of the march
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The march in London attracted thousands demanding a second referendum
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Anti-Brexit protesters march in London
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Protesters on Old Park Lane as they head to Parliament Square
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Anti-Brexit protesters march in London
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Protesters as Parliament sits on a Saturday for the first time since the 1982 Falklands War
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Protesters head to Parliament Square
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An EU supporter
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Pro-Brexit and anti-Brexit demonstrators argue at Parliament Square
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An anti-Brexit protester pushes a ‘Euro Disco trolley’
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EU supporters at the People’s Vote march
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Morris dancers take part in an anti-Brexit, Let Us Be Heard march on Old Park Lane
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Mr Brocolli -the vegetable climate change activist who went viral earlier this week – is at the People’s Vote march
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Figures depicting Boris Johnson and his special adviser Dominic Cummings
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EU supporter gather on Park Lane
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Protestors gather in Park Lane
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An anti-Brexit supporter has a message for Boris Johnson
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A message for the Prime Minister
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Protesters gather outside the Houses of Parliament
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Mr Brocolli on Park Lane ahead of today’s march
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A stall selling Brexit paraphernalia
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EU supporters prepare for today’s People’s Vote march in London
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Protesters outside the Houses of Parliament ahead of today’s march during a special Saturday sitting in the House of Commons
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Protesters outside the Houses of Parliament
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Anna Soubry MP arrives at the Houses of Parliament
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A pro-Brexit protester
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Protesters outside the Houses of Parliament after Boris Johnson delivered a statement in the House of Commons
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week requested a three-month delay until the end of January, after MPs rejected a three-day timetable to debate the bill.
Any postponement to Brexit can only be granted unanimously by the 27 ambassadors and French objections have so far prevented a decision.
If the EU agrees to delay Brexit, there will be a short period of several hours, up to 24 hours, during which national capitals could object.
If approved, Mr Johnson would have to accept the delay under the terms of the law passed by MPs to prevent a no-deal Brexit.
Any extension to the Article 50 process is technically flexible, meaning that it can come to an end as soon as a deal is approved by both parties.
The PM will put forward a motion calling for a December 12 election on Monday, which needs the support of two-thirds of MPs to succeed.
Conservative MP James Cleverly dismissed this plan as a “gimmick” and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called the move a “stunt”.
But Number 10 hinted it could back the opposition parties’ proposal for a Bill, requiring only a simple Commons majority, should the motion fail.
