European media praise EU's plan to counter UK's Brexit 'chaos'
In the Netherlands, De Volkskrant said May had “zero convincing answers to the question of why she needed the three-month delay she was asking for” and “could provide no clarity whatsoever on why MPs who had already rejected her deal twice, should now decide to accept it”.
Asked what she would do if it was voted down a third time, the prime minister could merely say that “the EU always finds a last-minute solution”, the paper said.
“So, tormented by this vacuousness – on top of the frustration of nearly two years of Brexit negotiations – the 27 other leaders decided to put Britain on the spot.”
In Spain, El Pais said the plan “basically boiled down to a short extension with May, or a long extension without her”.
The sensation of “being in negotiations with a prime minister who is unable to find a viable solution has hardened the position of most member states”, the paper said.
“The imaginative double offer achieves the goal of corralling May, and forcing a decision out of London in a much shorter time than expected, without explicitly interfering in British domestic politics.
"The weight of the dramatic decision to choose between a long extension or a brutal and chaotic Brexit falls squarely on London.”
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