Juncker hints at further Brexit delay

'We will never kick out one of our members,' the European Commission President told the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Jean-Claude Juncker speaking to MEPs in Strasbourg. Pic: Getty

European Council President Donald Tusk has warned politicians in the EU and UK not to give up on efforts to breakthe Brexit deadlock, even though they’re all tired of the protracted divorce.

“On both sides of the Channel, everyone, including myself, is exhausted by Brexit,” Tusk told the European Parliament in Strasbourg. “However, this is not an excuse to say ‘let’s get it over with.”’

The EU last weekgave Prime Minister Theresa May an extra seven months- until October 31 - to persuade the House of Commons to pass the Brexit deal that the two sides struck in November.