May Says Does Not Believe UK Should Participate In Upcoming EU Parliamentary Elections

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published March 22, 2019 | 05:05 AM

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd March, 2019) UK Prime Minister Theresa May said it would not be in the interests of the United Kingdom to participate in the upcoming European Parliament elections since the country's citizens have voted to leave the European Union at the 2016 referendum.

The European Council had decided that if the UK parliament did not pass the Brexit deal the next week, the withdrawal deadline would be extended until April 12, May recalled during her press conference.

"At his point, we would rather leave with no deal or put forward an alternative plan. If this involved the further extension, it would mean participation in the European parliamentary elections. As I've said previously, I believe strongly that it would be wrong for us, people in the UK, to participate in these elections three years after voting to leave the EU," May told reporters, as aired in Periscope.