EU chief says short Brexit delay possible, but only if MPs back deal

European Union chief Donald Tusk says the EU will agree to a short Brexit delay on the condition that UK lawmakers approve a divorce agreement they’ve rejected twice.

Tusk says “that a short extension will be possible, but it will be conditional on a positive vote” in the UK parliament on the Brexit agreement British Prime Minister Theresa May reached with the EU.

The European Council president says May’s petition for a withdrawal date of June 30 instead of March 29 poses legal and political issues since elections for the EU Parliament are being held May 23-26.

He stresss that the existing Brexit deal won’t be reopened, though says he doesn’t see a problem with May’s March 11 agreement with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that provided some extra guarantees.

Tusk is set to chair a summit of EU nation leaders tomorro.