nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20191010-232753-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 191010s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20191010-232753-0 doi eng 342 23 Eeckhout, Piet Author aut Why the European Council Must not Reject an Article 50 Extension Request Eeckhout, Piet Verfassungsblog 2019-10-10 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier As a matter of EU law, the European Council is not entitled to refuse the United Kingdom’s request for an extension, in the present circumstances. The decision to ask for an extension emanates from the United Kingdom’s highest authority, its sovereign Parliament. It is a democratic decision which the EU must respect, for else it would be expelling a Member State against its own sovereign and democratic will. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Art. 50 TEU brexit Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/why-the-european-council-must-not-reject-an-article-50-extension-request/ raw object