BRUSSELS - As frustration with Britain's Brexit crisis boils over across Europe, France and the Netherlands have raised the prospect that the European Union might reject a request by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to extend the divorce deadline from Oct 31.
An election in Britain, which seems likely, would be enough to convince them that the dynamics could change. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Sunday that, as things stand, the EU would not grant an extension and the Netherlands' Foreign Trade Minister said in an interview published on Monday that a"no-deal" Brexit might be better than further delay.
Under the backstop, Britain will remain in a customs union with the bloc"unless and until" alternative arrangements are found to avoid a hard border between its province of Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland.
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