"There is no certainty" that the European Union and Great Britain will be able to reach an agreement on Brexit within the established time frame: therefore "everyone must be prepared for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom on 30 March 2019" without any agreement and it is necessary " intensify preparation at all levels". This is the message that the European Commission has spread to the other Community institutions. The title of the communication is already quite eloquent: "Preparation for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU on 30 March 2019".
If the agreement “is not ratified before 30 March – underlines the text – there will be no transition period and European law will cease to be applied” in the United Kingdom. With all the chaos this will entail.