<p class="title">STOCKHOLM, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The European Union is willing to discuss an extension to Article 50, under which Britain is currently due to exit the bloc on Oct. 31, but there has to be a reason, Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"An extension depends on the reason for the extension," Lofven told reporters after meeting his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar in Stockholm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Of course we are willing to discuss this but there needs to be a reason. What are we waiting for?"</p>
<p class="title">STOCKHOLM, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The European Union is willing to discuss an extension to Article 50, under which Britain is currently due to exit the bloc on Oct. 31, but there has to be a reason, Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"An extension depends on the reason for the extension," Lofven told reporters after meeting his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar in Stockholm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Of course we are willing to discuss this but there needs to be a reason. What are we waiting for?"</p>