PM Johnson says 39 billion pound divorce bill not due in no-deal Brexit

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets European Union Council President Donald Tusk at a bilateral meeting during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France August 25, 2019. Andrew Parsons/Pool via REUTERS

Earlier British media reported Johnson would use a meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk on the sidelines of the G7 Summit to set out that Britain would pay less than 10 billion pounds of the settlement if it leaves without a deal. “I think what the entire European Union understands is that if we come out without a deal then...the 39 billion is no longer legally pledged,” Johnson told Sky News, when asked if he had told EU leaders this week he planned to withhold the money.

In June, a source close to French President Emmanuel Macron said that failing to pay the Brexit bill would amount to a sovereign debt default and on Wednesday an official in his office said that leaving without a deal would not remove Britain’s obligation to pay.

🚀 TL;DR The PM said if Britain leaves the EU without a deal, it will no longer owe the £39 billion bill agreed by his predecessor. Earlier media reported Johnson would use a meeting with Tusk on the sidelines of the G7 to set out that Britain would pay less than £10 billion.

👁️ 🤔🤔 🙂🙂🙂 'Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal, it will no longer legally owe the 39 billion pound divorce bill'... ! Regret, o parte din suma reprezinta efort financiar Bizantin, pe care sigur ...

I think that is very stupid .

Default is painless

But we signed the Medium-Term Budgetary Framework that holds us liable. The EU would just sue UK for the money at the International Court in The Hague. Plus would poison the well for future trade talks. Just Bluff for media.

Classic Great British cop out

Comment: 08252019 A no-deal Brexit and the UK not paying the EU it's due bills is something the UK can only do once. PHD

Common sense prevail

God what a f’ing mess. Johnson is going to make it far worse...

UK will be as trusted as Iran if they don‘t honor their contractual ibligations.

I swear there is 1 brain cell shared between boris and donny and it isn't fully functional.

So all contracts GB has signed during the past decades with its partners in the EU including financial obligations are worth nothing? Pacta sunt servanda is not a basic rule any more? Ok, no trust, no deals.

Confused with his finished marriage to Marina ? Maybe she will let him walk away for free...🤔 Brexit will come with a price to pay 💶💷💷💷💷💷

So, no EU pension for Nigel Farage. Scheiße!

Let them rot in hell

Il peut toujours rêver...

Johnson is a lair, the £39bn isn’t part of a ‘divorce’ it’s part of our agreed existing contribution. Renege on that and no one will trust the UK in any future trade partnerships.

If noone has to pay anything for leaving EU with ''no deal'' option, more countries may follow .....

Divorce Bill

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