Nobody in EU wants UK to leave without deal: Varadkar

Britain must give a reason if it wants to delay its departure from the European Union, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said ahead of a summit of European leaders on Thursday, adding that Britain needed flexibility given the "chaos" in London. Varadkar said that nobody in the EU wanted Britain to leave the European Union without a deal and that there was the openness to an extension.

"The situation in London is somewhat chaotic at the moment," he added. "We need to cut the entire British establishment a little bit of slack on this and support their request ... for a short extension. No deal will only ever be a British choice." 

(With inputs from agencies.)