No EU summit on Brexit expected in November, EU official says

A extraordinary European Union summit on Brexit is not expected in November ahead of the end-year deadline for an agreement on the future relationship between the bloc and Britain, an EU official said on Wednesday. "We're at a fairly critical point because we're coming up to a deadline if this is to come into force on the first of January," the official said. We don't expect a special summit." (...

An extraordinary European Union summit on Brexit is not expected in November ahead of the end-year deadline for an agreement on the future relationship between the bloc and Britain, an EU official said on Wednesday.

"We're at a fairly critical point because we're coming up to a deadline if this is to come into force on the first of January," the official said. "At this stage, though, it wouldn't be justified. We don't expect a special summit."