The EU today agreed to extend the deadline for the UK to leave the bloc for another three months, until January 31, 2020.

"The 27 member states of the European Union (EU) have agreed that they will accept the request to change the Brexit UK deadline until January 31, 2020," European Council President Donald Tusk wrote on Twitter today. .

Tusk added that the decision is expected to be formalized through a written procedure, meaning EU leaders do not need to meet face to face.

Brexit extension decision was made after the meeting of the ambassadors in Brussels, Belgium. EU negotiator Michel Barnier said it was a "brief, effective and constructive" meeting. "I am very happy about this decision," he said.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on October 19 sent a letter to the EU asking for deferred Brexit. British Ambassador to the EU Tim Barrow explained that Johnson was forced to make this proposal to comply with the Benn Act passed by British MPs last month, which asked the EU to change the Brexit deadline from October 31 to. 1/31/2020 if the deadline is October 31 but the two parties have not reached an agreement.

Brexit was set to expire on March 29, two years after former British Prime Minister Theresa May activated Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, a mechanism that regulates how member states leave the bloc. However, this deadline has been delayed several times, in part because the British parliament rejected the agreement three times that the May government agreed with the EU.

After taking office in late July, Johnson insisted he wanted Britain to leave the EU on October 31, whether or not it was agreed. Opponents say his policy could cause Britain to leave the EU without an agreement that clearly stipulates aspects of bilateral relations after Brexit, such as commercial transactions or the rights of British citizens in the EU. This poses a risk of dividing the country, paralyzing agriculture and some manufacturing industries, causing the British economy to fall into recession.