Emmanuel Macron backs month of Brexit talks but will not move on Ireland issue

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The Irish ‘backstop’ is a provision guaranteeing border checks will not return between EU-member Ireland and Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK

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The Irish ‘backstop’ is a provision guaranteeing border checks will not return between EU-member Ireland and Northern Ireland, which is part of UKUK prime minister Boris Johnson speaks with French president Emmanuel Macron as he departs following a meeting at Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019.

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 [to avoid checkpoints] 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 in July, 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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