Tusk Says Holding November 17-18 Extraordinary Brexit Summit To Be Decided In October

Tusk Says Holding November 17-18 Extraordinary Brexit Summit to Be Decided in October

European Council President Donald Tusk on Thursday said that holding the November extraordinary summit on Brexit would be decided in October based on the level of progress in the talks.

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th September, 2018) European Council President Donald Tusk on Thursday said that holding the November extraordinary summit on Brexit would be decided in October based on the level of progress in the talks.

"In October we expect maximum progress and results in the brexit talks then we will decide whether conditions are there to call an extraordinary summit in November to finalize and formalize the deal," Tusk told reporters commenting on the results of the EU informal summit in Salzburg.

Later during the briefing he added that should the extraordinary summit take place it would be on November 17-18.

The United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in a referendum in 2016, but the vote left the country divided almost equally into Remainers and Brexiteers.