Next stop for Brexit? EU elections

Published April 11, 2019 7:52pm ET



On Thursday morning, British Prime Minister Theresa May and the European Union agreed to another extension of Article 50, pushing back Britain’s departure from the EU until Halloween. But the real test of Brexit is likely to come next month with EU elections.

The terms of the extension stipulate that the U.K. is still a full member of the EU, meaning that Britain must host EU elections on May 23 unless Parliament agrees to a deal before then.

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