EU Council President Donald Tusk on Tuesday called on for the “dream” that Britain might give up on leaving the EU not to be dismissed and urged politicians not to let exhaustion with Brexit talks make for a hasty exit. He was responding to a statement by one national leader who had warned “dreamers” not to think “Brexit could be reversed”, news wires reported.

European leaders and British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed Wednesday to push the final deadline for the UK to depart the bloc until 31 October, with European Council President Donald Tusk warning British politicians to "not waste this time" without ratifying a formal withdrawal agreement.

British PM Theresa May on Tuesday met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to seek support for a new Brexit delay while her ministers tried to break the deadlock in London at crisis talks with the opposition Labour Party, news wires reported.

British PM Theresa May on Tuesday will hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin and with France's President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, just a day before an emergency EU summit on Brexit in Brussels, news wires reported.

British PM Theresa May has written on Friday to European Council President Donald Tusk, asking the EU for a further Brexit delay to 30 June, news wires reported. The prime minister has said she was still hopeful of leaving the bloc earlier and asked for the right for the UK to exit if a withdrawal deal is approved by parliament in that time. But she said the UK would prepare to field candidates in EU elections, in case they do not reach agreement.

British police have 10,000 officers ready to respond within 24 hours to any disorder or increase in hate crime if Britain leaves the European Union with no deal, Martin Hewitt, head of the National Police Chiefs’ Council said on Thursday.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven debated the future of Europe with MEPs and Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, on Wednesday. In his adress to MEPs the PM touched on topics such as political values, migration policies, EU's long-term budget, climate change targets and the Brexit crisis.

The EU will not grant Britain another short delay to Brexit if UK lawmakers fail to ratify the stalled divorce agreement by 12 April, the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told MEPs on Wednesday, news wires reported. EP debated Brexit situation with Juncker after British PM Theresa May announced on Tuesday evening that she would request a second Brexit delay beyond the current cliff-edge date of 12 April.

UK nationals would be able to enter the EU visa-free for short periods after the country’s exit, provided EU nationals enjoy the same conditions when travelling to the UK, EP Civil Liberties Committee voted on Wednesday. MEPs finally backed a compromise with the Council on the proposal for a visa waiver for UK citizens once their country withdraws from the EU.

British PM Theresa May will ask for another Brexit delay and meanwhile will try to sit down with the opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in a last-ditch effort to break the deadlock over Britain’s EU exit, news wires reported. Nearly three years since the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU in a shock referendum result, it is still unclear how, when or if it will ever indeed quit the Union.