BREAKING: European Council President says he will recommend an extension

European Council President Donald Tusk has tweeted that he will recommend that the EU accepts “the UK request for an extension.”

“For this I will propose a written procedure,” Tusk said.

Following PM @BorisJohnson’s decision to pause the process of ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, and in order to avoid a no-deal #Brexit, I will recommend the EU27 accept the UK request for an extension. For this I will propose a written procedure.

— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) October 22, 2019