Prime Minister Theresa May has pushed back Parliament’s chance to vote on the United Kingdom’s Brexit deal until 12 March—just 17 days before the country is supposed to leave the European Union.

Speaking as she travelled to an EU-Arab League summit in Egypt, May ruled out holding another so-called “meaningful vote” on Wednesday, 27 February as originally planned, because she has another meeting with EU officials and the Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, the day before.

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