Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he delivers a speech to the press next to French President Emmanuel Macron reacting prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on August 22, 2019. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFPFrench leader Emmanuel Macron backed the idea of a month of further talks to find a solution to Brexit while ruling out major compromises as he met British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for talks on Thursday.
But Macron, who admitted he had a reputation as the “hardest in the gang” on Brexit, has rejected Johnson’s calls to scrap a key arrangement for Ireland negotiated between the EU and former British premier Theresa May. “The technical solutions are readily available and they have been discussed at great length,” Johnson said. “You can have trusted trader schemes, you can have electronic pre-clearing.”
Since Johnson’s ascent to power last month, the chances of a “no-deal” Brexit on October 31 have risen, which economists see as likely to wreak economic damage on Britain and the EU. “There is not the width of cigarette paper between Paris and Berlin on these issues,” a senior aide to Macron said on Wednesday on condition of anonymity.
Johnson reportedly once called the French “turds” over their stance on Brexit during his time as foreign secretary — remarks he later said he could not recall.
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