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TEHRAN, May 07 - A senior minister of the British government has said that the country has no option but to hold the European Parliament elections as talks with the opposition on reaching a deal to withdraw from the European Union would not reach a conclusion before end of this month.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -David Lidington, who serves as minister for the Cabinet Office in Prime Minister Theresa May’s government, said on Tuesday that there was no immediate prospect of a Brexit deal being finalized between May’s conservatives and the opposition Labour Party before May 23, the date set for the EU parliamentary election.
“It is regrettably not going to be possible to finish that process before the date that is legally due for the European parliamentary elections ... So those will now go ahead,” said Lidington, who is widely seen as May’s de facto deputy.
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