European Council President Donald Tusk has tweeted that he will recommend that the EU accepts “the UK request for an extension.”

“For this I will propose a written procedure,” Tusk said.

Following PM @BorisJohnson’s decision to pause the process of ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, and in order to avoid a no-deal #Brexit, I will recommend the EU27 accept the UK request for an extension. For this I will propose a written procedure.

— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) October 22, 2019