Michel Barnier is said to have told senior MEPs and ambassadors this morning that there's not a clear majority for any extension to Brexit.
And among the 27 countries there are different ideas on the conditions and length of extension too, if the PM did ask for one.
Every state has to agree unanimously in order to let the UK delay Brexit past March 29.
But it's looking more and more likely that MPs will try and force Theresa May to ask for this as the Brexit deadlock continues in Parliament.
Mr Barnier said today that there would be no more talks between the UK and the EU over Brexit.
He said on the possibility of delaying Brexit: "Why would we extend these discussions? The discussion on Article 50 is done and dusted. We have the Withdrawal Agreement. It is there."
And he said the "risk of No Deal has never been higher… even by accident".
Why would we extend these discussions?
He's also said last night there can be no transition period without signing off the withdrawal deal.
This morning a fuming Nigel Farage said the EU had pushed Britain "too far" and now they were about to lose their promised £39billion.
"We simply want to leave," he told MEPs in the European Parliament today.
"We've had enough. We've seen the snarling anger towards our country… we want to govern ourselves."
He said it would be "another humiliation" if the PM were to bed for an extension for Article 50 in the 16 days to Brexit.
He said the simple solution was that "the British request to extend is vetoed… we leave, and both us and you can get on with the rest of our lives."
And an irritated Guy Verhostadt insisted that any delay can't go on beyond the EU elections as it will be "hijacked by the Brexiteers".
Many in the EU want Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May to team up and opt for a softer Brexit where we'll be tied to EU rules on trade forever.
A leaked memo given to BuzzFeed said the EU will only consider an extension to Article 50 to prepare for No Deal, to seal off the existing deal, or to give the EU time for another election or referendum.
Yesterday the PM's deal was rejected by a second time by a huge margin, even after she secured more legally binding changes from the EU.
Brexiteers and Remainers alike said they still thought the UK could be trapped into the EU's Northern Ireland backstop for years to come and refused to support the PM.
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