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Under what circumstances can the new Brexit extension (31 Oct) be ended short of that date?

The EU has said that:

If the withdrawal agreement is ratified by both parties before this date, the withdrawal will take place on the first day of the following month.

The BBC also reports that:

The UK must now hold European elections in May, or leave on 1 June without a deal.

Is a no-deal scenario before the 31st of October really a possibility?
Are there other circumstances – apart from ratification of the withdrawal deal in Parliament, and not organising EU Parliament elections – under which the UK might leave the EU before that date?

By what date would it become certain that the UK is, or isn't, taking part in European elections?

Under what circumstances can the new Brexit extension (31 Oct) be ended short of that date?

The EU has said that:

If the withdrawal agreement is ratified by both parties before this date, the withdrawal will take place on the first day of the following month.

But the BBC also reports that:

The UK must now hold European elections in May, or leave on 1 June without a deal.

Is a no-deal scenario before the 31st of October really a possibility?
Are there other circumstances – apart from ratification of the withdrawal deal in Parliament, and not organising EU Parliament elections – under which the UK might leave the EU before that date?

By what date would it become certain that the UK is, or isn't, taking part in European elections?

Under what circumstances can the new Brexit extension (31 Oct) be ended short of that date?

The EU has said that:

If the withdrawal agreement is ratified by both parties before this date, the withdrawal will take place on the first day of the following month.

The BBC also reports that:

The UK must now hold European elections in May, or leave on 1 June without a deal.

Is a no-deal scenario before the 31st of October really a possibility?
Are there other circumstances – apart from ratification of the withdrawal deal in Parliament, and not organising EU Parliament elections – under which the UK might leave the EU before that date?

Under what circumstances can the new Brexit extension (31 Oct) be ended short of that date?

The EU has said that:

If the withdrawal agreement is ratified by both parties before this date, the withdrawal will take place on the first day of the following month.

The BBC also reports that:

The UK must now hold European elections in May, or leave on 1 June without a deal.

Is a no-deal scenario before the 31st of October really a possibility?
Are there other circumstances – apart from ratification of the withdrawal deal in Parliament, and not organising EU Parliament elections – under which the UK might leave the EU before that date?

By what date would it become certain that the UK is, or isn't, taking part in European elections?

Under what circumstances can the new Brexit extension (31 Oct) be ended short of that date?

The EU has said that:

If the withdrawal agreement is ratified by both parties before this date, the withdrawal will take place on the first day of the following month.

The BBC also reports that:

The UK must now hold European elections in May, or leave on 1 June without a deal.

Is a no-deal scenario before the 31st of October really a possibility?
Are there other circumstances – apart from ratification of the withdrawal deal in Parliament, and not organising EU Parliament elections – under which the UK might leave the EU before that date?

Under what circumstances can the new Brexit extension (31 Oct) be ended short of that date?

The EU has said that:

If the withdrawal agreement is ratified by both parties before this date, the withdrawal will take place on the first day of the following month.

The BBC also reports that:

The UK must now hold European elections in May, or leave on 1 June without a deal.

Is a no-deal scenario before the 31st of October really a possibility?
Are there other circumstances – apart from ratification of the withdrawal deal in Parliament, and not organising EU Parliament elections – under which the UK might leave the EU before that date?