If the UK cannot pass the retreat agreement by April 11, the EU will not accept another short extension of Article 50, analysts say.
This highlights something Juncker says - the EU does not want this to interfere with the elections. The option would be to approve this deal or to extend the deadline for leaving by the end of the year or March 2020.
In the event of a extension, "the United Kingdom must hold elections to the European Parliament and say this on 10 April," said the EU official and added, "We will freeze the negotiations by the end of the year until the UK agrees with the agreement to withdraw with a corrected political declaration, probably after general elections or a referendum. "
Of course, you can never take EU threats too seriously. They have a habit of softening at crunch time.
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